Industries : Medical Devices

For the first time in the medical devices industry, the specter of mandated Unique Device Identification (UDI) product marking looms over the sector. While it is still uncertain which labeling symbology will ultimately be selected and required by regulatory authorities here and around the world, device manufacturers globally are asking questions, planning for change, or already implementing the presumed UDI methodology which would adhere to labeling standards established by GS1, an international not-for-profit association with member organizations in over 100 countries.

Beyond mere compliance with new regulatory requirements, new labeling mandates in the medical devices industry carry significant implications for market entry and share as well as for the manufacturer’s overall efficiency and visibility of supply and demand chains globally. In the not–to–distant future, any medical device manufactured anywhere may not be granted access to markets everywhere if the product is without an internationally–accepted UDI label.

Loftware’s experience
Loftware serves more than 50 major national and international medical device manufacturing companies around the world. In addition, pointing to Loftware's overall expertise in the medical sector, our customers also include more than 30 pharmaceutical companies, 10 healthcare and hospital organizations, and 10 biotechnology firms.

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