RFID Software: First Complete Solution For California Electronic Pedigree Legislation Now Available

SupplyScape, Nosco and Systech International recently announced the first integrated, seamless solution to address the growing global problem of counterfeiting and product diversion in the pharmaceutical industry. Together with systems integration leader HP, the companies are offering customers an all-inclusive solution framework to streamline compliance with the State of California's requirements for product serialization and electronic pedigrees, which take effect on Jan. 1, 2009.

The solution will help pharmaceutical companies improve their compliance posture with California's ePedigree law in an effort to ensure that the state's drug supply is safe and secure. HP, Nosco, SupplyScape and Systech provide pharmaceutical and biotech companies with industry-standard components needed to build a complete strategy for serialization and ePedigrees. The solution is designed to help stem the potentially steep revenue losses that can result from counterfeiting.

Effective in January 2009, the California ePedigree law requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to create unique identifiers for products, track each product's pedigree and maintain electronic supply chain records. In addition to the law, wholesalers expect to receive serialized products in July 2008.

To date, there has been no single source for an integrated solution, forcing brand owners to conduct extensive vendor searches while getting up to speed on enterprise software integration, ePedigree software, packaging line integration and 2D data matrix and RFID options integrated into printed packaging components.

The solution combines the latest 2D- and RFID-enabled packaging components and systems technology with the leading ePedigree serialization and tracking solutions, and integrates these components within a customer's existing ERP and enterprise applications.

• HP guides the architecture, ERP/WMS integration and project services for the solution, and also manufactures the digital press technology used to print the serialized label and packaging. HP is a major RFID user, with 600 million products serialized across 35 countries and is the market leading provider of digital presses for labels.
• Nosco creates pre-serialized packaging solutions for the integrated solution framework. Nosco is a packaging provider to over 325 pharmaceutical manufacturers.
• SupplyScape delivers the ePedigree data management system and serialization strategy to the solution. SupplyScape is the leader in ePedigree and serialization strategy, with over 200 million ePedigrees delivered to more than 70 clients.
• Systech brings their packaging-line serialization expertise to the solution framework. Working with 19 of the top 20 pharmaceutical manufacturers, Systech provides top pharma with data management at every level of the packaging environment.

Learn More about California ePedigree Compliance Strategies

HP, Nosco, SupplyScape and Systech are hosting California ePedigree compliance workshops during the month of October in cities across the United States, including Irvine, Calif.; Chicago; and Princeton, N.J. In addition, the companies are offering a "California Compliance Assessment" to help companies review their readiness, engage in transforming their compliance posture and provide a range of solutions to further protect their businesses.

Please contact Toni Pommet at 781.503.7431, or toni@supplyscape.com, to register for a workshop or to request the California Compliance Assessment.

About Nosco
Nosco is a leading producer of pharmaceutical printed packaging with a collaborative problem solving promise – complete packaging | individual solutions. Core products include folding cartons, packaging inserts/outserts, and labels produced under a single cGMP and QSR-based Quality System in all facilities. Strategic Initiative offerings include Nosco RFID Package Integration, Nosco Security Protection, Nosco On_Demand Solutions, and Nosco Solutions Engineering. Nosco manufactures in Gurnee and Waukegan, Illinois, and in Carrollton, Texas. Nosco has been a pharmaceutical printed packaging supplier since 1932. Learn more at www.nosco.com.

About SupplyScape
SupplyScape Corporation is the premier provider of software and consulting services that improve patient safety, combat product security threats and maximize revenue across the life sciences value chain. SupplyScape transforms the life sciences manufacturing and distribution channel through applications that manage pedigree value chain master data and serialized product information on a real-time information network. This platform, called On-Demand Value Networks, delivers unparalleled value chain visibility and business control. Partnering with SupplyScape, pharmaceutical / biotechnology companies and their trading partners attack counterfeiting and diversion threats, improve financial reimbursement and reduce compliance risk. For more information, visit www.supplyscape.com.

About Systech International
Systech International is an innovator of packaging execution systems (PES) for the pharmaceutical industry. Systech offers a suite of productized software that quickly gives manufacturers complete control over packaging processes along with the actionable intelligence required to continuously improve performance. Systech implements vision, line management, performance metric and serialization solutions for companies around the world to secure the supply chain and to optimize packing efficiencies. By partnering with Systech, companies can leverage a scaleable, repeatable architecture, to consistently deliver significant improvements at the machine, line and plant levels. For more information about their company and products, please visit www.systech-tips.com.

SOURCE: Systech International