HOLMDEL, New Jersey, May 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Menarini Group chooses Enterprise Quality Management Solution to manage 
quality and maintain regulatory compliance

Sparta Systems, Inc., the maker of TrackWise(R) software and the market
leader in enterprise quality and compliance management, today announced that
Menarini Group, the world's leading Italian pharmaceutical group, has
selected its TrackWise Enterprise Quality Management System (EQMS) to
simplify quality processes throughout distributed manufacturing sites. The
company will leverage TrackWise software to help achieve the harmonization of
quality assurance (QA) processes and availability of critical information for
organization-wide regulatory compliance.

The development and production of all pharmaceuticals requires companies
to implement meticulous procedures for documentation and auditing to ensure
compliance with global regulatory authorities. Often these procedures are in
the form of error-prone, paper-based models, making it difficult for
companies to reconcile and monitor pharmaceutical quality across more complex
global supply chains. As a result, streamlining processes and reducing the
cost of compliance while maintaining the highest quality standards is a top
priority.

Menarini sought to replace a time-consuming, paper-based and spreadsheet
model to track and manage all corporate quality assurance processes. The
company selected Sparta Systems' TrackWise software to manage a multitude of
QA processes, including deviations, change control, complaint handling and
audits. By deploying TrackWise software, the company can harmonize quality
procedures between sites, reducing the time spent validating efforts and
providing greater insight across the company's global pharmaceutical
manufacturing efforts.

"The implementation of TrackWise in up to 14 different plants of the
Menarini Group has already resulted in higher workflow efficiency, greater
quality event safety and, more strategically, a harmonization between
companies throughout our organization," said Dr. Sauro Resti, corporate
quality director, Menarini Group. "The system's full configurability allows
us to implement in several countries simultaneously without revalidating our
efforts -- ultimately, reducing the cost of our quality management and
compliance efforts across the supply chain."

"In today's complex manufacturing environment, leading pharmaceutical
companies like Menarini require a comprehensive view of processes across all
locations to improve quality and identify trends and operational risks," said
Yaniv Vardi, managing director, Sparta Systems Europe. "As the industry
standard for managing quality and compliance at life sciences companies
across the globe, TrackWise has helped hundreds of organizations realize the
benefits of more effective quality management, resulting in greatly improved
operational efficiency and significantly reduced costs."

About Menarini Group

The world's leading Italian Pharmaceutical Group, with its headquarter in
Florence, Italy, has almost 13,000 employees in many countries around the
world, and achieved a turnover of euro 2,500 million in 2007.

The Menarini's Products concern the most important therapeutic areas of
greatest importance, including: cardiovascular products, gastro-intestinal
products, antibiotics/respiratory system products, drugs used in diabetes,
anti-inflammatory agents/analgesics and many others.

For more information, please visit www.menarini.com.

About Sparta Systems

Sparta Systems, Inc. is the industry leader for global quality and
compliance management systems. Its TrackWise product is a Web-based software
application used by quality, manufacturing, and regulatory affairs
professionals to manage quality and compliance issues across the enterprise.
The company has more than 14 years of experience and an extensive customer
base in the life sciences and other highly regulated industries. Sparta
Systems offers its customers a complete solution for global quality
management needs, including the onsite support required throughout the
project lifecycle. More information about Sparta Systems can be found at
www.spartasystems.com

Sparta Systems and TrackWise are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Sparta Systems, Inc. All other marks are trademarks of their respective
companies.

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