Where Symmetric’s Intelligence Comes From

Hospitals cannot afford incomplete, outdated, or inconsistent product data, yet the information required to maintain an accurate item master is scattered across hundreds of global sources. Symmetric centralizes and harmonizes this landscape. Our platform pulls, validates, and reconciles product intelligence from hundreds of authoritative regulatory, manufacturer, distributor, and standards-based datasets, refreshing our database nightly so your systems stay current in real time.

We source directly from the most reputable and regulated environments — including global device registries, pharmaceutical and supplier listings, standards bodies, and manufacturer ecosystem data — and we cross-verify records across these silos to eliminate gaps and inconsistencies. Instead of relying on crowdsourced uploads or user-maintained catalogs, Symmetric uses authoritative, structured data as its backbone.

Individually, these global sources provide fragments of the truth. Together, when normalized, validated, and enriched by Symmetric, they form a complete and actionable picture of the supply chain. We standardize nomenclature, align identifiers, detect outdated GTINs or manufacturer changes, and surface substitutes and risk attributes that would otherwise remain hidden or require manual research.

Our approach has uncovered a reality most hospitals know well: many items used in U.S. health systems do not appear in FDA datasets alone. We routinely find the missing pieces in Canadian regulatory data, NHS catalogs, European databases, and other global reference sets. This is why Symmetric maintains a broad, continuously expanding global map of products, ensuring accuracy even when manufacturers merge, distributors change identifiers, or supply conditions shift.

By unifying over 200+ trusted global data silos, enriched with 1,600+ attributes, 19M+ products, and 3M+ substitutes, Symmetric becomes the connective tissue of healthcare supply chain intelligence. We give hospitals the complete, standardized, and continuously refreshed product information needed to prevent disruptions, expedite decision making, and maintain reliable data integrity across every system.