From: believer@telepath.com Subject: IP: Biometric Signature for "Forms w/o Paper" Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:32:25 -0500 To: believer@telepath.com Source: PR Newswire http://www.prnewswire.com Doxis, Inc. Announces Forms Without Paper Version 2.1 Computerized Data/Document Input And Storage System New Release Lets Pharmaceutical Workers Input Process and Analytical Forms/Data Into Secure Document Databases, With Improved Document Authoring Features and Capabilities. Communicates With Key Enterprise Systems. Visit Doxis at WorldPharm '98 Booth #1033 NORWOOD, MA Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Lewis Bell, President and Chief Executive Officer of Doxis, Inc., Norwood, MA, a pioneer and leader in the development of mobile computer-based forms management software systems, announced today, at WorldPharm '98, the latest version of Forms Without Paper(TM) -- Version 2.1. Doxis developed and markets Forms Without Paper -- the first software package that allows mobile pharmaceutical workers to input critical, real-time batch process, research and analytical forms and data -- with biometric signatures -- directly and interactively into a secure document database. The original data is locked into the form, the electronic equivalent of the original paper copy. However, data can also be made available to enterprise databases without retranscription, and without altering the original form. Forms Without Paper is a client server software toolset that provides data for trend analysis, and can be customized to interface to standards compliant MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems), LIMS (Laboratory Information Management Systems), and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems. Lewis Bell, Doxis, Inc., President and CEO, said, "Forms Without Paper Version 2.1 features a more advanced and flexible document authoring architecture designed to better facilitate and speed the process of changing and revalidating forms. This is a major breakthrough in computerized data/document input and storage, and provides tremendous advantages to pharmaceutical manufacturers who wish to use electronic records." Forms Without Paper Version 2.1 provides a superior vehicle for the collection of handwritten forms and data by mobile workers. It bridges gaps between the capture of handwritten, signed documents and data collection in highly regulated industries such as pharmaceutical and HBA manufacturing. These industries now have the ability to automate the capture of these documents and data at the point of work. They can also share it over worldwide enterprise systems, with their document management systems, and with other systems, including MES and LIMS. According to Bell, using Forms Without Paper Version 2.1, pharmaceutical companies now have a way to computerize both their existing paper-based batch records and laboratory data sheets that is based upon their current paradigm, and, therefore, is intuitive, non-disruptive to their operations, and painless to implement by industry standards. The software enforces version control and increased accuracy of data collection. It automatically verifies data integrity and applied tolerances per field. It proactively enforces compliance with SOP's, and provides a patented audit trail for changes. The orms Without Paper client runs on a pen-based terminal operating under Windows 95(R)/98(R) -- the equivalent of an electronic clipboard. The hand held unit communicates with the server via wireless LAN. The new release will be available in the first quarter of 1999 to pharmaceutical and consumer product manufacturers subject to FDA regulation. Bell is quick to point out that the new system does not obsolete existing forms processes, but rather automates them, making them more efficient and secure, and less error prone. "Many companies do not want to reinvent the wheel when it comes to processing the forms they use throughout their operations," Bell states. "However, they do want a better way to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of their forms. They want to control their forms throughout their life cycles, as the valuable corporate assets they are." Using Forms Without Paper, a worker now enters the data onto the electronic clipboard using a pen, just as he or she would when using a paper form. The layout of the form is the same as the paper version, and workers can also print out the paper form if they need to. As it is collected, information is date and time stamped, operator identified, and secured within the intelligent form to provide a cGMP compliant audit trail that will include all information captured in association with the data. Digital signatures that are captured are non-excisable, and can also be verified to authenticate the entry, if desired. Completed forms are stored in a Secure Document Database. Once transferred to the user's network, information is available to backend ODBC databases, desktop applications, and ODMA standards compliant document management software. Forms Without Paper can also be used as a front end to enterprise packages such as SAP(R) and BPCS(R), allowing pharmaceutical companies to extend the reach of these applications to mobile workers. Training on the system is available, as well as consultation and professional services, including validation services. Distribution, product support, consultation and professional services will be handled through the Doxis direct sales channel. Forms Without Paper(TM) and Doxis are registered trademarks of Doxis, Inc. All other companies and products mentioned are trademarks of their respective companies. SOURCE Doxis, Inc. ©1998 PR Newswire ----------------------- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ----------------------- ********************************************** To subscribe or unsubscribe, email: majordomo@majordomo.pobox.com with the message: (un)subscribe ignition-point email@address ********************************************** www.telepath.com/believer **********************************************