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Counterfeit protection

”According to art 54a paragraph 1 of the so called European Falsified Medicines Directive 2011 62 EU FMD and the altered guideline 2001 83 EG prescription only medicinal products have to bear security features in general These make it possible to identify packs and“ ... more

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New customers

”Type of data source and output of IFA information services IFA GmbH gathers and maintains economic legal and logistical data on medicinal products medical devices and other pharmacy products and provides it to data recipients in the form of raw data as IFA Information“ ... more

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”May I hand in 'Zulassungs- / Registrierungsunterlagen' late? | The regular deadline applies to the publication of medicinal products obliged to marketing authorisation or mandatory registration into IFA's Database. IFA's Publication Calendar states all deadlines for their“ ... more

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”How can I notify product-specific address data for already published PZN? | There are two options for the notification of product-specific address data: Please order a product range data file and fill in the address data (address number or company name of the marketing“ ... more

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Contact persons

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”What is a Basic UDI (BUDI)? | The basic UDI (BUDI) is the main key for grouping those products of a manufacturer that have the same properties. According to the guideline “MDCG 2018-1 Guidance on BASIC UDI-DI and changes to UDI-DI”, these properties include“ ... more

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”Does the pack of medicinal products have to bear a national reimbursement number? | The delegated act (EU) 2016/161 (dVO) calls for a national reimbursement number or a national number (NN) to identify the medicinal product as unique identifier (UI) if demanded by the“ ... 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

HomeIFA Coding SystemUnique Device Identification (UDI)IFA GmbH as UDI Issuing Entity

IFA GmbH as UDI Issuing Entity

”IFA GmbH has been designated as issuing entity for UDI DI with the Commission Implementing Decision EU 2019 939 of 6 June 2019 A Pharmacy Product Number PPN coded according to IFA’s Coding System on the pack is thus a UDI DI conformal with the MDR General“ ... more

HomeIFA Coding SystemUnique Device Identification (UDI)Issuing of the UDI-DI

Issuing of the UDI-DI

”Prior to marketing in the German pharmaceutical market If you wish to receive a PPN as UDI DI for your medical device prior to its launch i e to use in your catalogue brochure etc the PPN may be pre allocated and used for the publication of the product data at a“ ... more