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Raining
Data Corporation
25A Technology Drive
Irvine, CA 92618
Brian Cheek, Director of Product Marketing, TigerLogic
Phone: (949) 442-4400
Fax: (949) 250-8187
E-mail: brian.cheek@rainingdata.com
Southwood
Pharmaceuticals Implements
Raining Data ePedigree Compliance Solution
To Enable Secure, Visible Drug Supply Chain
Pharmaceutical
Company to Improve Supply Chain Management, Perform Drug Authentication
and Decrease Costs with Raining Data’s XML-Centric ePharma Software
IRVINE,
CA. – August 1, 2006
Irvine,
Ca. – Raining Data announced today that Southwood Pharmaceuticals
Inc. has successfully implemented Raining Data’s ePedigree Compliance
Solution to enable regulatory compliance and to improve supply
chain visibility and security.
By enabling
all of the workflows and master data management for Pedigree
Compliance, Raining Data’s XML-Centric ePharma Software allows
Southwood Pharmaceuticals to be compliant with Florida, California
and Federal Pedigree requirements while optimizing their business
operations.
"Raining
Data’s XML-Centric platform enables our business to be agile
and flexible in an environment of rapidly changing regulatory
compliance requirements. Their ePharma Software was compatible
with our existing processes and facilitated our business requirements
for information management” said Cliff Scott, IT Development
Director for Southwood Pharmaceuticals.
Southwood
Pharmaceuticals leverages the solution to manage pedigree supply
chain orders, maintain a segregated inventory of pedigree products,
receive-authenticate-create-sign-ship pedigrees and provide
a complete chain of custody audit trail for drugs in their distribution
network. Southwood Pharmaceuticals also uses the solution in
their warehouse to receive and authenticate drugs shipments.
As a result, the company can realize savings by integrating
the ePharma functions into their existing operations to ensure
availability of pedigree drugs and increase security to deter
illegally imported and counterfeit drugs from entering their
distribution network.
"Southwood
is excited to be a pioneer in improving the safety, security
and visibility of the pharmaceutical supply chain by implementing
Raining Data’s ePedigree Compliance Solution. We have leveraged
the power of Raining Data’s XML platform combined with our own
proprietary warehouse management system to rapidly enable compliance
with the lowest Total Cost of Ownership,” said Bob Goodrich,
Director of Regulatory Affairs at Southwood Pharmaceuticals.
“We look forward to continuing our relationship with Raining
Data and utilizing this investment to optimize other areas of
our business."
Raining
Data’s ePedigree Compliance Business Application leverages Raining
Data’s TigerLogic XML-Centric Software Platform, which integrates
their leading XML Data Management Server (XDMS), XML Workflow
Management Server (XWMS), and Composite Data Services which
enable a wide range of solutions including Master Data Management,
Customer Data Integration, Asset Tracking, RFID Data Management,
and Case Management. In order to decrease cost, risk and complexity,
Pharmaceutical manufacturers, wholesalers & repackagers
like Southwood Pharmaceuticals are implementing Raining Data’s
integrated and flexible XML-Centric platform instead of brittle
solutions built on rigid, non-XML foundations.
“Our flexible
solution enables Southwood to seamlessly collaborate with their
broad base of trading partners who have a varying degree of
technical sophistication ranging from paper to electronic pedigrees
transmitted via fax, email, ftp, AS2 and web services and handle
non-serialized and RFID-enabled pedigrees" said Varun Gupta,
ePedigree Compliance Product Manager at Raining Data.
About
Raining Data
Raining Data Corporation (Nasdaq: RDTA - News) has been providing
reliable data management solutions for more than three decades.
Product offerings include the high performance TigerLogic®
XML Data Management Server, Pick® Universal Data
Model based data management systems and .Net integration solutions.
These products provide operational data storage, master data
management, mid-tier caching and message storage solutions for
technology platforms such as Web Services and Service Oriented
Architectures. In addition, Raining Data provides targeted XML-centric
applications such as RFID/Bar code asset management, ePedigree
and compliance case management. Raining Data's customers represent
more than 500,000 active users across 20,000 customer sites
worldwide in a diverse set of vertical applications. More information
about Raining Data Corporation and its products can be found
at www.rainingdata.com.
About
Southwood Pharmaceuticals
For over 20 years, Southwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has been
providing customized pre-packaged medications for in-office
dispensing to physicians, group practices, and specialty clinics.
As the needs of our customers have grown, so have the products
and services we offer to enhance their practices. Dispensing
and compliance software solutions have become an integral component
of these services.
For more
information, visit www.southwoodhealthcare.com.
Since 1989,
Southwood Pharmaceuticals has outgrown 3 facilities and currently
occupies a 42,000 sq. ft. campus in Lake Forest, CA that distributes
nationwide.
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