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COVECTRA's New Drug Adherence Programme May Tackle Misuse (9/27/11)
COVECTRA Track-and-Trace for Medication Adherence (9/21/11)
Covectra and MSO Collaborate to Protect Pharma Supply Chain (8/8/11)
Fierce Pharmaceutical (2/1/11)
Pharmaceutical Commerce (10/31/10) ...On FDA guidelines and why serialize now?
Excerpt: ... At Covectra...the company’s AuthentiTrack technology can be deployed to manage serialization of products. At the receiving end, a patient or customer could text the serial number to a central location and receive verification. With the link established (via a cellphone text message, an online portal, or a smartphone app), information can begin to flow from the manufacturer to the patient, a solution Covectra calls its Brand Loyalty Information Service (BLIS).
“Besides obvious communications like coupons or patient education, this technology could also be used for managing the dispensing of controlled substances,” says Steve Wood, Covectra president. “A patient could be asked to report on his inventory of a prescription, which allows for some control over when a refill is permissible.” This kind of capability ties in with the industry’s growing responsibility for executing Risk Evaluation and Management Strategies (REMS), which are post-marketing compliance programs that many new products now require (Pharmaceutical Commerce, May/June, p. 18).
Interpack (10/8/10) ...On leveraging serialization for brand protection.
Excerpt: Consumers can use their smartphone to verify product authenticity, communicated with a manufacturer, and enroll in product promotion programs.
Smartphone technology is also employed in the Brand Loyalty and Integrity Services (BLIS) application from Covectra, formerly PharmoRx Security. Covectra (short for Covert Track and Trace) changed its name early this year, says CEO Steve Wood, to better reflect that the company’s focus isn’t limited to pharmaceutical counterfeiting and diversion.
Authentication News (8/2010) ...On COVECTRA and cloud computing.
Excerpt: According to Steve Wood, CEO of Covectra, a company offering multi-layered brand protection and based in Massachusetts, ‘Covectra takes advantage of cloud computing technology to provide its customers with remote, secure hosting sites instead of requiring them to invest in additional servers and associated hardware within their own facility. These virtual data centers take advantage of massive memory storage and high-speed processors, which are accessed on demand instead of costly full-time access. Our customers also can work through the cloud to develop and operate applications on our AuthentiTrack platform’.
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Packing Sourcer (5/2010)
Pharmaceutical Outsourcing (5/2010)
Pharmaceutical Commerce (2/27/10)
Pharmaceutical Outsourcing (2/24/10)
Healthcare Packaging (1/25/10)
Pharmaceutical Outsourcing (1/25/10)