Camstar Extends Life Science Manufacturing Execution System To Pharmaceutical Industry; Camstar to Provide Fully Electronic Batch History Record and Integrated Quality Management.

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CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 2003

Camstar, a 20-year industry veteran in enterprise manufacturing execution systems (MES), today announced an edition of its integrated manufacturing and quality solution specifically designed for global pharmaceutical companies.

Camstar's entrance into the market is bolstered by a formal partnership with IBM Life Sciences and enthusiastic customer references in the medical device, combination device, semiconductor, metals and electronics markets. Recent customer wins for Camstar in 2003 have included a rapidly growing $1.6B manufacturer of combination medical devices whose processes include both discrete and pharmaceutical components.

"The same factors that have propelled Camstar to success in the medical device industry will serve them well in pharmaceuticals," says Jim Bradburn, from IBM Life Sciences. "They have taken the most flexible and configurable FDA-compliant MES and brought it to the pharmaceutical industry. The ability to rapidly deploy an enterprise-wide manufacturing system has been sorely missing in other MES systems currently present in this industry."

Camstar's InSite Pharmaceutical Edition includes a visual Master Batch Record (MBR) process modeling environment that allows process specialists to rapidly create, easily modify, and swiftly validate new process specifications in single or multi-plant environments. Camstar's patented revision management capability allows multiple revisions of a single base MBR to be simultaneously active in production. In addition, the system automatically compiles an Electronic Batch Record (EBR) that provides traceability of the final product back to every plant, machine, batch, order, operator, supplier, ingredient, and operating condition encountered or consumed in production. The integration of Camstar's enterprise corrective and preventive action (CAPA) functionality coordinates the company's response to deviations and insures that a fully auditable record of corrective actions is also included in the EBR. In addition, Camstar provides pre-built integration adapters for SAP, JD Edwards, Oracle and PeopleSoft ERP systems for rapid implementation and return on investment.

About Camstar Systems, Inc.

Camstar is a leading provider of enterprise manufacturing performance management systems for life sciences, semiconductor, electronics, and other global industrial manufacturers. More than 100 leading companies including IBM, Corning, Kodak, Zeiss Meditec, Hitachi and ZOLL Medical rely on Camstar as a trusted software partner.

Camstar's solutions for the life sciences industry support FDA Regulation 21 CFR Part 11 requirements such as Electronic Records and Electronic Signatures as well as the Good Manufacturing Practices outlined by FDA Regulation 21 CFR Part 820.

For more information about Camstar and its InSite product solution, call 1-408-559-5700 or visit www.camstar.com.