New Certificates Required by Florida Electronic Pedigree Regulations Are Available from SupplyScape; 'RxCertificates' Provides Simple and Complete Service Issuing Digital Certificates Required for Florida Electronic Pedigrees.WOBURN, Mass. -- SupplyScape Corporation, the leader in E-Pedigree solutions, announced a new RxCertificates service today that meets the Certificate Authority requirements for Florida electronic pedigree, only one week after the Florida Department of Health Florida Department of Health is a category of Government of Florida. Orange County Health Department is one of the branches of Florida Department of Health and Government of Florida. published regulations for Certification Authority See CA. and Digital Signatures for Self-Authenticating Pedigree in the June 2 edition of the Florida Administrative Weekly. Unlike certificates issued by existing, more generic certificate authorities that don't comply with the new Florida requirements, the certificates issued by the SupplyScape certificate authority meet all the regulations defined by Florida and therefore can be used to assign the digital certificates needed to sign electronic pedigrees for drugs distributed in Florida after July 1 of this year. SupplyScape RxCertificates provides the essential component required by Florida for electronic pedigrees: compliant certificates. The certificate authority supports all the certificate issuance and maintenance specifications required by Florida. As such, the service is issuing the appropriate digital certificates needed to sign self-authenticating pedigrees in compliance with Florida regulations. "Existing generic certificate authorities simply can't meet the regulatory requirements Regulatory requirements are part of the process of drug discovery and drug development. Regulatory requirements describe what is necessary for a new drug to be approved for marketing in any particular country. a wholesale distributor faces before it can be granted the digital certificates it needs to sign pedigrees," said SupplyScape CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and President Shabbir Dahod. "Because of our extensive expertise, investment, and leadership in developing solutions for Florida's regulations, we can provide digital certificates now. In addition, due to our commitment to open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced , RxCertificates can be used with anyone's electronic pedigree solution." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. SupplyScape, it was particularly important to construct the service to issue digital certificates that not only work with any electronic pedigree system but also meet a broad range of industry standards, including the ratified standards for Certificate Profiles as outlined by EPCglobal. "It's imperative that companies confirm, as part of their current pedigree project planning project planning - project management , that they have fully compliant and standardized standardized pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures. standardized morbidity rate see morbidity rate. standardized mortality rate see mortality rate. digital certificates," added Dahod. Certificate Authority Designed to Exacting Standards "Due to the criticality of the role that digital certificates play in the pedigree process, we needed to design the service and its certificates to be bulletproof Refers to extremely stable hardware and/or software that cannot be brought down no matter what unusual conditions arise. See industrial strength. bulletproof - Used of an algorithm or implementation considered extremely robust; lossage-resistant; capable of correctly ," commented Peter Spellman, senior vice president of products and services at SupplyScape. "This entailed creating a rigorous certification process and a strong security platform built on strong privacy and interoperability standards." To this end, SupplyScape partnered with Entrust, Inc. to help build the security foundation at the center of its RxCertificates service. Leveraging Entrust's renowned solutions that secure digital identities and information, SupplyScape is providing its customers with an enhanced level of trust required by Florida in self-authenticating electronic pedigree transactions. "Strong, certificate-based authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. is a cornerstone requirement for electronic pedigrees," said Entrust Vice President Eric Skinner. "We are pleased that SupplyScape selected Entrust for our FIPS-validated certification authority software, Entrust Authority, and our strong track record of securing leading governments and enterprises globally." About SupplyScape Corporation SupplyScape Corporation provides supply chain security software and expertise to safeguard and secure the pharmaceutical supply chain. A leader in defining the open universal standards-based electronic pedigree solution for the pharmaceutical industry, SupplyScape Corporation provides electronic pedigree and drug identity authentication software and services. The company's solutions enable pharmaceutical companies, wholesalers, distributors, and pharmacies to derive sustainable business A business is sustainable if it has adapted its practices for the use of renewable resources and holds itself accountable for the environmental and human rights impacts of its activities. value from their investments in supply chain security. For more information, visit www.supplyscape.com. |
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