Could Greater Transparency Improve Pharmaceutical Quality and Compliance?

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Pharmaceutical TechnologyPharmaceutical Technology-11-15-2016
Volume 2016 eBook
Issue 3
Pages: s4–s8

Could greater market transparency improve pharmaceutical quality and regulatory compliance?

A new website and methodology would rank manufacturers based on quality and good manufacturing and business practices.  Martin Van Trieste discusses the principles behind medicine-i.com, which he has started up, using software designed by Richard Love, CEO of HarborView. 

The site will be driven by algorithms that take quality, compliance and shortages data and rank suppliers based on their level of control in each area.

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