If the SPOC of your OBP company received an email from EMVO informing that one or more field of PMD(s) uploaded by your OBP are ‘Incorrect’, it means that at least one of the fields of the PMD has been populated with data which is not matching the requirements set out in the EMVS Master Data Guide and/or inconsistencies have been found within the provided PMD” (e.g. a Product Name contains the strength but the strength is not the one reported in the strength field).
Here is a reminder of the Product master Data Elements:
In Q2 2025 EMVO will focus the communication campaign on the following fields:
1. Common Name
2. Product Name
3. Strength
4. Pharmaceutical Form
Here are some examples of common errors:
The "Product name" field does not include the strength and/or pharmaceutical form
The "Product name" field includes the target market(s)
The "Common name" field includes the strength and/or pharmaceutical form
The strength provided in the "Strength" field is missing the unit of measure (e.g. "5" instead of "5ml")
Our current communication uses the following color code:
COLOR CODING | MEANING |
RED | The data has been identified as ‘Incorrect’ |
AMBER
| The data in 2 fields needs attention
|
NO COLOR: | The data has not been identified as incorrect based on the rule applied in the current analysis; it does not mean that the data can be considered correct with 100% certainty |
Code | Product Name | Common Name | Interpretation of the color coding |
12345 | Paracetamol Pharma 1g Tablets | Paracetamol 500mg | Product Name This data is black cause none of the criteria used for the analysis picks this as incorrect data Common Name: This data is red cause is identified as for sure incorrect (reason is: it contains numbers) |
15678 | Paracetamol Pharma 1g Tablets | Paracetamol Pharma | Product Name This data is black cause none of the criteria used for the analysis picks this as incorrect data
Common Name: This data is black cause none of the criteria used for the analysis picks this as incorrect data. However, this remains incorrect data as the common name should not contain the Company name |
19865 | Paracetamol Pharma | Paracetamol Pharma | Both Product Name and Common Name are amber cause the Product Name and the Common Name contain exactly the same information. The OBP should check both to verify their correctness. |
We invite you to consult section 5 of the EMVS Master Data Guide (based on current version, v9.0) for further guidance over how to populate each PMD field.
If your Product does not fulfill the requirements of the EMVS Master Data Guide, please contact the EMVO Helpdesk with a screenshot of how the relevant fields are reported in the SMPC.
If some of your products are inactive or no longer marketed, please send the list of affected code(s) to the EMVO Helpdesk.