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Guidelines

”Conclusion of IFA Supplier Contract Supplier and contracting party The first publication and changes of product data in the IFA database is generally ordered by the supplier of a product Suppliers in the terms of IFA GmbH are all companies that make medicinal products “ ... more

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Company profile

”Product identification and -information with PZN (national) and PPN (international) Informationsstelle für Arzneispezialitäten GmbH – IFA GmbH is a joint clearing entity of pharmacies, pharmaceutical wholesalers and the pharmaceutical industry in Germany.“ ... more

HomeIFA for Data RecipientsData provisionFTP – File Transfer Protocol

FTP – File Transfer Protocol

”Delivery by upload to the FTP server of the recipient Operation of the FTP server The IFA does not operate an FTP server for download It delivers the IFA Information Services to the FTP server of the recipient Access data In order to transmit the data the“ ... more

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New customers

”Conclusion of IFA Supplier Contract The prerequisite for the allocation and publication of Pharmazentralnummern PZN Central Pharmaceutical Number with product data in the IFA information services is the conclusion of the IFA supplier contract which governs the“ ... more

HomeIFA for SuppliersRequest for EAD, product and address data

Request for EAD, product and address data

”EAD Files and Product Range Files Upon successful order you will receive your EAD product range file in a generated e mail Depending on the amount of your data generating the file may take some time An EAD file contains data of your products in the status im“ ... more

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Cooperative partnerships

”ABDATA ABDATA Pharma-Daten-Service, a business branch of Avoxa – Mediengruppe Deutscher Apotheker GmbH, develops and produces medicinal product data for different areas of the health care industry. ABDATA examines the data submitted by the supplier to IFA GmbH and“ ... more

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FAQ

”Why is a manufacturing / wholesale licence required? | A manufacturing authorization (Herstellungserlaubnis) according to § 13 of German Medicinal Products Act (Arzneimittelgesetz – AMG) is required by all entrepreneurs, that manufacture medicinal products“ ... more

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IFA database

”How are product data transferred from the supplier to the data recipients? IFA GmbH, as neutral and central service organisation for standardised and quality assured information, offers its services to the different participants within the healthcare market. The“ ... more

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IFA current information

”28.03.2024 | IFA pharmaceutical form extension as of 1st April 2024 | "... Due to applications to extend the IFA pharmaceutical form, IFA GmbH has expanded the IFA pharmaceutical form table as of 1st April 2024. The extension of the pharmaceutical form table may lead to“ ... more

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IFA current information

”21.11.2023 | First publications of PZN – now available in IFA portal | "... over the past few months, we have enjoyed a steadily growing number of users of the IFA portal. In the meantime, we have been working on its further development and today we have reached the“ ... more