DataLase and Colorcon Inc. Sign Licensing Agreement to Develop DataLase PHARMAMARK

DataLase PHARMAMARK is a patented, edible, on-tablet marking technique for recording information such as product identification numbers and markings (human readable or barc odes), unique product logos, patient details, dosage information and use by dates directly on a tablet. Advantageously, tablets may be numerically serialized readily in one production campaign with no two tablets being identical. The technology will help to eliminate medication errors and counterfeiting, and increase the traceability of drugs. Colorcon has licensed DataLase patented additives for incorporation onto pharmaceutical or nutritional supplement tablets via its film coatings. The patented additive induces a color change in the film coating precisely at locations on the tablet surface exposed to a low-power, DataLase-approved CO2 laser.