Aventis Pharmaceuticals Selects Propack Data's PMX(TM) Solution For Their Drug Product Operations.

Propack Data Strengthens U.S. Market Share

KARLSRUHE, Germany, Aug. 23 /PRNewswire/ --

Propack Data announces that Aventis, a global leader in the Pharmaceutical industry, has selected its Production Management solution ("PMX(TM)") as the Electronic Batch Record system (EBR) for its Drug Product Plants on a global basis. The roll out of the system will initially involve four plants located in France, the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan. This decision reinforces Propack Data's market leadership position in the pharmaceutical industry for delivering compliant, collaborative, and enterprise-wide solutions that can be deployed on a world- wide basis.

Need -- As the pharmaceutical industry undergoes a significant consolidation that involves mergers and acquisitions, many companies find it necessary to further improve their efficiency to maintain their leadership position, while maintaining FDA compliance requirements. Aventis has determined that it can achieve superior Returns On Investment by establishing a paperless environment across its manufacturing and packaging operations and leveraging that EBR system with other plant process systems.

Solution -- To meet its objectives, Aventis has selected Propack Data's PMX(TM) solution. The benefits of this solution will include significant reductions in cycle time and Work In Progress while ensuring the highest product quality and streamlining business processes. Propack Data's PMX(TM) solution is particularly well suited to meet the stated objectives because it can be scaled across multiple sites, it is designed to meet cGMP requirements, and it provides an integration framework for other applications such as enterprise resource planning systems (ERP), Laboratory Information and Management Systems (LIMS), and data analysis tools that will be used. After an in-depth evaluation of solutions available in the Market place, Aventis chose Propack Data's PMX(TM) solution for its Drug Product Plants because it provided the broadest functionality available in a standard configuration, and lower validation and maintenance costs. Greg Guthrie, Global Manufacturing Strategy for Aventis, stated: "Propack Data's strong domain expertise within the ...