Since 1 January 2019, veterinarians have been required to run their in-house pharmacies electronically. The objective of ARGE TAM was to find a standardized and cost-efficient solution for everyone in the animal drug industry including retailers, manufacturers, and resellers that would be accessible to everybody in the industry (veterinarians, pharmaceutical companies, and software providers for veterinarians). For the implementation of such a solution, ARGE TAM turned to Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and the professional support of EDITEL.
To find a straightforward yet efficient solution, ARGE TAM relied on the entire range of services provided by EDITEL: creating an industry standard with all stakeholders (manufacturers, software providers for veterinary clinics), using an independent and centralized exchange hub as well as the additionally needed technical services (data integration).
This solution allows pharmaceutical companies to automatically send electronic despatch advices to veterinary clinics in a standardized format, including all relevant information. It does not matter what systems the manufacturing partners and the veterinary clinics use. EDITEL ensures full compatibility among all participating partners across the entire industry. Arno Edlinger, the president of ARGE TAM, is positive that all partners benefit from this solution: "Veterinary clinics can incorporate product-relevant batch numbers or best-before dates at the click of a mouse, while it helps manufacturers comply with legal requirements more efficiently," he said. Many manufacturers (including Boehringer-Ingelheim, MSD Animal Health, Virbac, Covetrus, Bayer, Jacoby GM Pharma) and veterinarians are already successfully using this solution, which is available for users of veterinary software products Jason Network, Proagrar, CHD Electronic Engineering, Net4vet, and VetShark.
