Best Practices Pharma-MM Docs & process Over view

Hi All,
Could anybody provide the Pharma Industry processes-Typical MM Point of view.
Also if any additional useful docs,which can be useful for implemenating Pharma best Practices package in a Industry.
Thanks
JP

Hi Jyoti Prakash,
The following link will guide and takes you though in detail the SAP Best Practices for Pharmaceuticals.
http://help.sap.com/bp_pharmav1600/Pharma_US/index.htm
This will be the best available source for pharma best practices in line with SAP.
Hope this will be very useful to you. Please confirm
Regards
R. Senthil Mareeswaran.

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