Interactive and Intelligent Pharmaceutical and Medical RFID Packaging

Danevert Åsbrink

Cypak AB

Box 2332, SE-103 18 Stockholm, Sweden

Tel: +46 8545 500835  Fax: +46 854500836
Email: Danevert@cypak.com

Biography 

Danevert has over 20 years of graphical industry experience and has a proven track record in sales and strategic planning. He was only 19 when he bought his first business which he doubled in sales. In 1993 he extended his business by buying a print shop, sales increased over 400% and he sold it in 1999. At present, Danevert is the Vice President of Sales at Cypak, where his responsibility is to bring Cypaks Technology platform in to the market. Previously Danevert was the Director of Sales and Partners for a high-tech digital paper and pen company called Anoto. He managed over 50 different world wide partners and was part of launching the de facto standard for digital paper.

Company Profile

Cypak is a Swedish technology innovator and pioneer in embedding microcomputers into paper. By combining RFID, microprocessors and printable sensors we transform simple objects and packaging into secure data carriers, capable of collecting and transferring time tagged event data. Up to date the technology ha enabled intelligent pharmaceutical packaging, electronic seals with tamper detection and smart cards with integrated keypad – all today in use by customers. Our business is to provide core components, integration services and licensing rights.

For more information:  http://www.cypak.com

Abstract

By integrating Cypak technology into paperboard packaging, Cypak has created the Intelligent Pharmaceutical Packaging (IPP), initially designed to support data collection in clinical trials. The IPP automatically records each dosage event with a time stamp. If required, it can also be designed with an integrated, electronic patient diary and sound signal reminders. The IPP increases data quality and supports the overall IT-automation efforts in the development of new pharmaceuticals, enabling secure data flow from individual dosage to analysis database. The paperboard packaging with integrated microelectronics is tailored for the desired layout and blister strips being used.

The packaging is programmed with customer specific data and current date and time, using the Cypak IPP scanner. A factory programmed unique identity can be used to link each deployed packaging to a particular database record.

Information from the packaging can be retrieved at any time by simply placing the package onto a Cypak ECP scanner connected to a PC. Information can be reviewed on the screen, printed or exported in a variety of file formats.

Encryption and digital signing of information is performed by the IPP itself, eliminating threats of eavesdropping and unauthorized modification of data. The system is very easy to use, as each IPP is pre-programmed to automatically deliver its information to its associated database, without any user input or typing.