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TruTag Technologies Launches SiCare Bio as a Novel Drug Delivery Platform

KAPOLEI, HI, October 23, 2024 — TruTag Technologies, Inc. today announced the launch of a new business unit, SiCare Bio, which is focused on enabling the next generation of precision nano-therapeutics. Over the last decade, TruTag has become the global leader in the manufacture of high-precision, bio- compatible nanoporous silica (nPSi). SiCare Bio now will […]

TruTag Technologies and Spinnaker Biosciences Partner on a New Targeted, Controlled Release Therapy for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

EMERYVILLE, CA AND SOLANA BEACH, CA, December 20, 2023 — TruTag Technologies, Inc. and Spinnaker Biosciences, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a strategic supply partnership for TruTag’s advanced nano-porous silica (pSi) particles to support the commercialization of Spinnaker’s new therapy for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The Spinnaker therapy is […]

TruTag and DayaMed Partner to Accelerate the Adoption of Digital Therapeutics

EMERYVILLE, CA AND RENO, NV (October 18, 2023) — TruTag Technologies, a smart medicine solution provider, and Daya Medicals, Inc., a leading digital health platform, announced today that they are forming a partnership to deliver combination digital therapeutics to the pharmaceutical industry. Brands across the pharmaceutical industry are increasingly embracing digitization as a means of […]

Patrik Stolt Joins TruTag as Chief Revenue Officer

OCTOBER 4, 2023 (Emeryville, CA) – TruTag Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of smart medicines and other product identity solutions, today announced that it has appointed Dr. Patrik Stolt to a new position of Chief Revenue Officer. Dr. Patrik Stolt is the Chief Revenue Officer at TruTag Technologies. He joined TruTag after spending nine years […]

HI Now Features Segment on TruTag

TruTag Technologies’ Chief Operating Officer Craig Leidholm spoke with HI Now about successfully battling the ‘fentapill’ crisis with a new on-dose technology using reflective microparticles and mobile phones.

IN THE NEWS: HI Now Talks with TruTag Chief Operating Officer Craig Leidholm

Kapolei, HI, June 6, 2023 – TruTag Chief Operating Officer Craig Leidholm spoke with HI Now about the ongoing opioid crisis and what can be done about it. TruTag Technologies has developed a means by which pills, coated with reflective, covert, and safe microparticles, can be authenticated by using a mobile phone. “These particles can’t […]

IN THE NEWS: Confirming Authenticity of Prescription Pills

Kapolei, HI, April 10, 2023 – Hawaii News Now visited the TruTag advanced production facility in Kapolei, Hawaii recently. With fraudulent medicines leading to deaths, the need for an on-dose solution has never been more clear. “How do you know that what you’re getting is authentic? That is, has not been adulterated in some way,” […]

TruTag CEO Barry McDonogh to Present at 2023 HDA PCSC Educational Seminar

Emeryville, CA – TruTag CEO Barry McDonogh will speak at the HDA Pharmaceutical Cargo Security Coalition (PCSC) Educational Seminar on April 4. Barry’s topic, Safeguarding the Supply Chain With Digital Medicines, will focus on how digitized medicines can be used to protect and engage patients. The Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA) is the national organization representing […]

TruTag, Gerresheimer expand secure digitization solution to the cosmetic industry

Düsseldorf and Emmeryville, CA – Fake beauty products are on the rise impacting consumer safety and damaging the cosmetic industry. Gerresheimer with its expertise in glass packaging has partnered with TruTag Technologies, a brand protection specialist, to offer an innovative, secure digitization solution for cosmetic brands. The solution involves the integration of invisible microparticles that […]

TruTag Technologies Promotes Barry McDonogh to CEO

February 1, 2023, EMERYVILLE, CA – TruTag Technologies announced today that Barry McDonogh, has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer of TruTag Technologies and its sister business Hinalea Imaging. Mr. McDonogh assumes this role having been part of the executive team over the past seven years. Since joining in 2016, Mr. McDonogh has led the […]

TruTag Forms Smart Medicines Advisory Board

Members will provide pharma/healthcare industry knowledge and strategic guidance JANUARY 24, 2023, EMERYVILLE, CA – TruTag Technologies, Inc. is pleased to announce the formation of its new Smart Medicines Advisory Board. The Board comprises five experts in various fields, including pharmacology and pharmaceuticals, clinical strategy, patient-centered outcomes, and digital health innovation. The evolution of smart […]

TruTag a FIERCE INNOVATION AWARD Winner for 2022

TruTag Technologies, a leading provider of smart medicine solutions, has received an Innovation Award from Fierce Healthcare in the Digital/Mobile Healthcare Solutions category. The award showcases outstanding innovation that is transforming the industry. TruTag Technologies was chosen as a winner because its smart medicine solution has the potential to facilitate the mass digitization of medicines […]

TruTag Furthers its Reach in Pharma with HITLAB

To further its reach into the pharmaceutical space during 2022, TruTag Technologies aligned with Health Innovation & Technology Lab (HITLAB). HITLAB helps organizations shape the future of healthcare to improve lives worldwide. Two events featured TruTag prominently. The first featured Barry McDonogh, TruTag Senior VP of Business Development. During the Digital Health Symposium on April […]

TruTag Technologies Now a Member of AAFA

TruTag Technologies is delighted to announce that it is now a member of the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) which represents more than 1,000 clothing apparel and footwear brands. TruTag Technologies is working with leading brands to enable the secure digitization of their products, for the purposes of product verification, traceability, and consumer engagement. […]

TruTag Technologies To Expand Into Secure Digitization For Clothing

TruTag Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of smart medicine and other product identity solutions, today announced that they are extending their award-winning technology to the clothing industry. The Truspect™ technology incorporates “TruTags®,” spectrally-encoded microscopic particles covertly embedded directly onto garments through existing product finishes and sewn-in labels, and authenticated using a common mobile phone. The […]

Innovative Strategies for Ensuring Brand Security

This eBook from Pharmaceutical Commerce highlights some ground-breaking techniques that industry companies can deploy to ensure supply chain security, including: (1) brand protection as a total business solution; (2) smart medicine solutions for tablets and capsules; (3) anti-counterfeit solutions for secondary packaging; and (4) designing an anti-counterfeiting program for small to mid-sized companies.

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TruTag Selected as Finalist In Healthcare Category of Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards

The winners of Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards were announced today, honoring the businesses, policies, projects, and concepts that are actively engaged and deeply committed to pursuing innovation when it comes to solving health and climate crises, social injustice, or economic inequality. TruTag Technologies’ “edible barcode” solution, which provides on-dose authentication of medication, […]

The Future of Medicines is Smart

Smart medicines are a digitized form factor of traditional medicines. With smart medicines, every dose becomes a data point. In the supply chain, this data can be used to make more informed decisions, assure product quality and reduce risks to patients and brands.

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TruTag Technologies Mobile App for Pharma

TruTag’s on-dose technology enables the mass digitization of medicine and makes every pill a data point. Our advanced readers, now including our mobile app, expands our product authentication platform to promote patient communication and support.

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Smart Medicines

Imagine a world where medicines are smart – where patients can interact directly with their medicines and where healthcare professionals can easily monitor adherence. At TruTag, we are enabling this future through the mass digitization and delivery of smart medicines.

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TruTag Technologies’ Security Labels & Documents Solution

Today, billions of products are labeled and even though manufacturers spend over $82 billion a year on security packaging and labeling, products are still compromised. What can you do to make sure your products are protected with the highest level of security possible? Watch this video to find out.

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TruTag Technologies’ Pharmaceutical Solution

Find out how you can scan a pill from any location in the world and immediately confirm its authenticity, place and date of manufacture, lot number, and other product intelligence without ever needing the product packaging.

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TruTag Technologies Appoints Jennifer McFarlane to Its Board of Directors

TruTag Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of smart medicine and other product identity solutions today announced that it has appointed Jennifer McFarlane to its Board of Directors. Ms. McFarlane has extensive experience serving on public and private company Boards, as a CFO of public and private companies, and as an investment banker. In these roles, […]

Cuberg Deploys Trutag Product Identity Solution to Protect Next-Generation Battery Systems for Aviation and Aerospace

EMERYVILLE, CA ─ September 29, 2020 — Cuberg, Inc., a leading supplier of next-generation batteries for aviation and aerospace, announced today that it is adopting the TruTag Product Identity solution as a means of ensuring traceability and supply chain transparency for customers. TruTag Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of product identity solutions for life-critical […]

The Trusted Tablet

In this case study, a coalition of technology partners demonstrates an effective and economic means of mass digitalizing medicines. The solution creates a secure link between the physical and digital world, delivering a level of supply-chain security and transparency not previously available to the pharmaceutical industry. The offering empowers patients in the verification process and illustrates how medicines can become trusted once more.

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Smart tags on Pills Set to Improve Supply Chain Security and Patient Adherence

Technology Coalition Prove Out the Mass Digitalization of Pharma Pills HARLEYSVILLE, PA and EMERYVILLE, CA ─ 10 December, 2019 — A coalition of technology partners announced today that they have demonstrated the mass digitalization of pharmaceutical tablets and their linkage to a Trillian-based trust ledger. They believe this will provide a major step forward in […]

Questex’s Fierce Innovation Awards – Healthcare Edition 2019 Announces Finalists, TruTag Technologies’ Mobile Phone App Recognized

Winners across five different categories will be revealed in the upcoming Innovation Report highlighting the best products, services, and innovations of the year. EMERYVILLE, CA – November 6, 2019 – TruTag Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of product identity and quality assurance solutions, announced today that it has been selected as a finalist in this […]

Pangaea Ventures and Happiness Capital Invest in TruTag Technologies

EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ October 17, 2019 — TruTag Technologies, a provider of product identity and quality assurance solutions, today announced that Pangaea Ventures Ltd., a leading advanced materials venture capital firm, and Happiness Capital Limited, a global venture capital firm with a mission to make the world a happier place, have each made an investment […]

Colorcon and TruTag Technologies Enter into Development Agreement Targeting Authentication of Medicines

HARLEYSVILLE, PA and EMERYVILLE, CA  ─ August 6, 2019 — Colorcon and TruTag Technologies, Inc. today announced execution of a development agreement to enable on-dose verification technology for tablets by combining TruTag’s silica-based microtag authentication technology with Colorcon’s industry-leading expertise in film coating systems, modified release technologies and specialty excipients. The collaboration will see TruTag’s […]

On-dose Authentication: SODF Coated with TruTag Microtags

By Michael O’Neill, Chief Science Officer, TruTag Technologies

TruTag Technologies and WuXi AppTec collaborated on the application of TruTag’s microtag on-dose authentication solution for SODF drugs. Discover the effectiveness of this application and the results of these studies.

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PwC Food Trust Platform featuring TruTag Technologies’ “crypto-anchors”

TruTag’s “edible barcode” technology is part of the PwC alliance bringing security and traceability to global food supply chains.

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TruTag Technologies’ SecuriLam Intelligent Laminate Wins New Product of the Year by Security Today Magazine

EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ October 30, 2018 — TruTag Technologies, a provider of product identity solutions, today announced that its SecuriLam™ laminate product, the world’s first off-the-shelf intelligent laminate used for supply chain security and traceability purposes, has been named the 2018 New Product of the Year in the Loss Prevention category by Security Today magazine. […]

TruTag Solution for Combating Counterfeit Auto Parts

Counterfeit parts in vehicle assembly is a growing problem constituting multiple large criminal enterprises and causes sizeable financial losses to the automotive industry each year. Learn how a game changing technology using on-product authentication provides a solution to this growing problem.

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TruTag Technologies and PwC Australia form alliance on Food Trust Initiative

EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ October 2, 2018 — TruTag Technologies, a provider of product identity solutions, today announced a strategic alliance with PwC Australia, which will see TruTag’s “edible barcode” technology incorporated as part of the PwC Food Trust initiative. The globalization of supply chains has led to a loss of control and visibility. Food misrepresentation, […]

TruTag Technologies Receives ‘Best for Pharmaceutical Brand Protection’ Award

EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ September 10, 2018 — TruTag Technologies, a leading security and technology solution provider, today announced that it has received the 2018 “Best for Pharmaceutical Brand Protection” award from Global Health & Pharma (GHP), a global information sharing platform and a multi-disciplinary members community established to enhance communication networks and collaboration across all […]

TruTag Technologies to Exhibit at the 7th Annual Pharma Anti-Counterfeiting & Serialization 2018 Conference

EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ September 6, 2018 — TruTag Technologies, a leading security and technology solution provider, announced today that it will be exhibiting at the 7th Annual Pharma Anti-Counterfeiting & Serialization 2018 conference, a gathering of key industry thought leaders for discussing the business and technical problems pharmaceutical companies should be aware of in order […]

TruTag Technologies Enables Pharmaceutical Tablet Authentication with a Mobile Phone Camera

EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ September 5, 2018 — TruTag Technologies, a provider of product identity solutions, today announced the extension of its Product Identity platform to include mobile phone authentication of solid oral dosage form tablets. TruTag Technologies manufactures microscopic, edible optical barcodes or “TruTags®” that can be applied directly on a product in ink or […]

The Benefits of On-Dose Product Security

By Barry McDonogh, Senior Vice President, Business Development

The operational challenges of the modern pharmaceutical supply-chain are well documented. Globalization and outsourcing has led to a loss of supply-chain integrity and fostered a trading environment in which illegitimate production and unauthorized distributioin is rife. While progress has been made in addressing these challenges through packaging initiatives, the maturation of on-dose identification technologies offers a speed and certainty of response to suspect-product events that has previously been unavailable to the pharmaceutical industry.

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TruTag Technologies Participates in Secure Document World

TruTag Technologies Participates in Secure Document World EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ June 19, 2018 — TruTag Technologies, a leading security and technology solution provider, announced that the Company will participate in Secure Document World (SDW), a three-day conference to explore the latest thinking on visas, ePassports, driving licenses, national IDs, worker credentials, anti-counterfeiting, fraud detection, document […]

June 21: TruTag Technologies and The Daily Wellness Company Co-Hosts Webcast with Nutritional Outlook

Webcast will focus on how to protect nutracuetical products with on-dose security technology EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ June 18, 2018 — TruTag Technologies, a leading security and technology solution provider, will partner with The Daily Wellness Company, a manufacturer of premium fertility supplements, to cohost a webcast through Nutritional Outlook Magazine that is focused on protection […]

Porous Silica: Precision Material Creates New Applications and Markets

By Craig Leidholm, SVP, Materials Manufacturing

Silica is well known in the pharmaceutical industry as an excipient. While pure silica, SiO2, is common, there are silicates of calcium, magnesium and aluminum that are widely used as anti-caking agents, glidants, opacifiers and viscosity modifiers. These silicas are considered bulk solids and come in many forms such as flakes, pellets, granules and even nanoparticles. There is another class of silica excipients that are of interest in pharmaceuticals; porous silica.

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TruTag Technologies Teams Up with the State of Hawaii at the BIO International Convention

The State of Hawaii welcomes TruTag and its HinaLea Imaging division to the Hawaii Pavilion EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ May 29, 2018 — TruTag Technologies, a leading security and technology solution provider, announced today that their TruTag® product identity and HinaLea™ Imaging products will be on display at the Hawaii Pavilion booth #2449 at the BIO […]

TruTag Technologies and Tag-it Tech Partner on Cannabis Traceability Platform

TruTag Technologies and Tag-it Tech Partner on Cannabis Traceability Platform EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ May 8, 2018 — TruTag Technologies, a leader in product authentication and brand security solutions, today announced a partnership with Tag-it Tech, Inc., a Seattle, Washington-based technology firm, to bring safety, security and traceability to the North American cannabis market. The illicit […]

TruTag Technologies Launches HinaLea Imaging

New Business Unit Provides Intelligent Hyperspectral Imaging Solutions EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ March 13, 2018 — TruTag Technologies, a leader in product authentication and brand security solutions, today announced the launch of its new HinaLea Imaging business unit. HinaLea Imaging is a technology solutions provider that develops complete hyperspectral imaging solutions both directly and on behalf […]

TruTag Technologies Launches SecuriLam™ Intelligent Laminate

SecuriLam™ laminate provides supply chain security and traceability for label, document and packaging applications EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ February 27, 2018 — TruTag Technologies, a leading security and technology solution provider, today announced the launch of its new SecuriLam™ product, the world’s first off-the-shelf, intelligent laminate used for supply chain security and traceability purposes. SecuriLam™ laminate […]

Stability Study of Model Prescription Drugs w/ Post Application of TruTags

Presented by TruTag Technologies and Colorcon

This paper presents a recent study, undertaken by TruTag Technologies and their technical collaborator, Colorcon, which demonstrates the application of TruTag® microtags to a tablet has no impact on the drug release, assay or appearance of the pharmaceutical tablets after exposure to accelerated storage conditions.

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TruTag Technologies to Present Live Webcast on Evaluating Product Security Risk and On Dose Authentication during Drug Development

Webcast hosted by Pharmaceutical Technology will address risk assessment of drug products during the drug development process EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ February 8, 2018 — TruTag Technologies, a leading security and technology solution provider, announced today that TruTag’s President, Kent Mansfield and Ron Guido, an industry consultant and former Vice President of Global Brand Protection for […]

High-Precision Hyperspectral Imager to be exhibited by TruTag Technologies at SPIE Photonics West 2018

EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ January 23, 2018 — TruTag Technologies, a leading technology company in the hyperspectral imaging space, announced today that it will exhibit at SPIE Photonics West, January 27 – February 1, 2018 at The Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. TruTag’s handheld hyperspectral imager won the Prism Awards for the best new imaging […]

TruTag® On-Dose Identity Solution Launched by The Daily Wellness Company for Its Clinically-Validated Natural Health Products

TruTag-Protected Nutraceuticals will be Distributed Globally in 2018 EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ December 12, 2017 — TruTag Technologies, a leading security and technology solution provider, today announced that The Daily Wellness Company, a leading nutraceutical manufacturer for women’s health and maker of FertilityBlend® for Women, FertilityBlend® for Men, and Asensia®, clinically-validated natural fertility and hormone balancing […]

TruTag Technologies and Sumitomo Corporation of Americas Form Global Strategic Partnership

Alliance will apply TruTag solutions across broad industries EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ December 4, 2017 — TruTag Technologies (“TruTag”), a leading security and technology solution provider, today announced a strategic partnership with Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, and an investment in TruTag by Sumitomo’s corporate venture capital fund, Presidio Ventures. Sumitomo Corporation of Americas is the largest […]

Regulatory and Functional Considerations for Incorporating Physical-Chemical Identifiers into Oral Solid-Dosage Drugs

By Michael O’Neill, Chief Science Officer, TruTag Technologies

Unauthorized diversion and falsification of drug products creates safety risks in the supply chain, creating life-threatening risk for patients and reducing revenue, profitability and brand equity for drug owners. As the regulatory landscape around the world becomes more harmonized with FDA’s PCID guidance, drug makers should investigate how to implement an on-dose authentication solution as part of a comprehensive product security and tracking program for the key drug products that are susceptible to diversion and counterfeiting.

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TruTag Technologies Selected as Finalist for the CPhI Pharma Awards

TruTag’s On-Dose Authentication solution for solid-dose drugs recognized in the “Excellence in Pharma:  Excipients” category EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ October 23, 2017 — TruTag Technologies, a leading security and technology solution provider has been named to the official shortlist for the 2017 CPhI Pharma Awards as a finalist in the “Excellence in Pharma: Excipients” category. The […]

Pharmaceutical Veteran Les Leff joins the TruTag Board of Directors

EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ October 17, 2017 — TruTag Technologies, a leading security and technology solution provider, is pleased to announce that Les Leff of Polar Investment Fund – as well as the former co-owner and executive vice president of JWS Delavau Co, Inc., and former president of AccuCorp, contract manufacturers of vitamins, minerals and over-the-counter […]

TruTag Technologies Partners with Photonics Media on Live Webcast

TruTag Technologies’ Chief Technology Officer, Hod Finkelstein to present on the latest advancements in hyperspectral imaging EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ October 3, 2017 — TruTag Technologies, a leading hyperspectral camera provider, announced today their partnership with Photonics Media on an online, real-time webcast titled, “Mobile Hyperspectral Imagers: Implementations and Applications,” to be presented on October 10, […]

Former Johnson & Johnson Consumer Group Worldwide Chairman Jesse Wu Joins TruTag Technologies as Senior Advisor

EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ September 26, 2017 — TruTag Technologies, a leading security and technology solution provider, announced today the appointment of Mr. Jesse Wu, former Chairman of Johnson & Johnson China and former Worldwide Chairman of the Johnson & Johnson Consumer Group, as a Senior Advisor to the Company. Mr. Wu brings to TruTag Technologies […]

Combatting Product Diversion with the Mighty Microtag

By Peter Wong, Chief Operating Officer, TruTag Technologies

Unauthorized product diversion directly attacks your bottom line and erodes patient safety. Learn how on-dose authentication can safeguard your drug products, provide key business informatics, and improves your financials.

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TruTag Technologies and Hongyang Biotechnology announce strategic partnership in China

TruTag’s authentication solution to be utilized to protect livestock supply chain EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ August 7, 2017 —  TruTag Technologies, Inc., a leader in product authentication and brand security solutions, announced today that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a strategic partnership with Hongyang Biotechnology Co., Ltd, the leading animal health management and […]

TruTag Wins 2017 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation

TruTag provides instant, on-product authentication throughout the supply chain and across industries SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA ─ July 5, 2017 — Based on its recent analysis of the product authentication market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes TruTag Technologies, Inc. (TruTag) with the 2017 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation. TruTag’s silicon dioxide particle-based microtags, known as […]

TruTag Technologies Expands into Greater China

TruTag Adds Senior Executive to Head China Operations EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ June 27, 2017 — TruTag Technologies, a leading security and technology solution provider, announced today that it has appointed Mr. Saih Bang Wong as Managing Director of Asia Sales where he is responsible for leading the company’s expansion in Greater China and overseeing the […]

OSA Imaging and Applied Optics Congress Adds TruTag Technologies to Speaker Lineup

TruTag Technologies’ CTO to share thought leadership on high-resolution hyperspectral imaging EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ June 20, 2017 — TruTag Technologies, Inc., a leader in hyperspectral imaging technologies, today announced its presence as an invited speaker at the 2017 OSA Imaging and Applied Optics Congress, June 26-29, in San Francisco, California. Building upon his hyperspectral imaging […]

TruTag Technologies to Exhibit in 2017 BIO International Convention

TruTag to showcase its on-dose product quality and authentication solution EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ June 15, 2017 — TruTag Technologies, a leading security and technology solution provider, announced today that it will exhibit in the BIO International Convention, June 19-22, in San Diego, California in the Hawaii Life Sciences booth #743. Barry McDonogh, senior vice president of […]

SNS FIRE CONFERENCE SELECTS TRUTAG TECHNOLOGIES AS A 2017 FIRESTARTER COMPANY

FiRe convenes global thought leaders to address the world’s greatest challenges SEATTLE, WASHINGTON ─ June 13, 2017 — Strategic News Servicetm (SNS) has selected TruTag Technologies as a 2017 FiReStarter company to be featured at the 15th annual Future in Review (FiRe) Conference. FiRe 2017 will take place October 10-13 at the Stein Eriksen Lodge Deer […]

Combatting Product Diversion with the Mighty Microtag

By Peter Wong, Chief Operating Officer, TruTag Technologies

Unauthorized product diversion directly attacks your bottom line and erodes patient safety. Learn how on-dose authentication can safeguard your drug products, provide key business informatics, and improves your financials.

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IRIS enters into global collaboration with TruTag

Alliance will create global market for the digitization of mission-critical smartcards and secure labels KUALA LUMPUR ─ May 2, 2017 — IRIS Corporation Bhd (IRIS), a world leader in Trusted Identification (ID) will be partnering with leading U.S. authentication and digital security company, TruTag Technologies, Inc. to look into the potential for smartcard and secure label […]

TruTag Technologies and Spinnaker Biosciences Enters Strategic Partnership for Controlled-Release Drug Delivery

TruTag’s precision nano-porous silica to facilitate Spinnaker’s drug delivery solution EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ February 21, 2017 — TruTag Technologies, a leader in fabrication of nano-porous silica, product authentication, brand security, and data intelligence solutions, today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Spinnaker Biosciences, a biotechnology company focused on the development of proprietary […]

TruTag Technologies Wins Prism Award As Best New Imaging and Camera Innovation

TruTag’s Handheld Hyperspectral Imager recognized as one of the best photonics products on the market at the “Oscars of the Photonics Industry” EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ February 9, 2017 — TruTag Technologies, Inc., a leader in product authentication, brand security, and data intelligence solutions, today announced that it has won the SPIE 2017 Prism Award for […]

TruTag Technologies Appoints Michael Bartholomeusz as CEO

Seasoned chief executive with successes in technology commercialization joins TruTag’s leadership EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ December 22, 2016 — TruTag Technologies, Inc., a leader in product authentication, brand security, and data intelligence solutions, today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Michael Bartholomeusz as its Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2017. Dr. Bartholomeusz will […]

TruTag Technologies and Carsurin announce strategic partnership in Indonesia

TruTag’s on-product authentication solution to leverage Carsurin extensive network of inspection and certification capabilities across a wide array of industries EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ December 19, 2016 — TruTag Technologies, Inc., a leader in product authentication and brand security solutions, today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with PT. Carsurin, Indonesia’s largest private […]

TruTag Technologies Chosen as Prism Award Finalist

New robust, low-cost camera technology expands potential applications for high-resolution hyperspectral imaging EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ November 22, 2016 — TruTag Technologies, Inc., a leader in product authentication, brand security, and data intelligence solutions, today announced that it has been chosen as an SPIE 2017 Prism Award Finalist in the Imaging and Cameras category for their […]

TruTag Technologies to Exhibit at the 2016 AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition

TruTag to demonstrate capabilities to combat diversion and counterfeiting with its on-dose authentication technology solution EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ November 8, 2016 — TruTag Technologies, Inc., a leader in product authentication, brand security, and data intelligence solutions, today announced that they will be exhibiting at the 2016 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Annual Meeting and […]

TruTag Technologies selected brand protection solution of choice for Daily Wellness Company

TruTag to provide authentication and data intelligence solutions for Daily Wellness Company, a leader in nutraceuticals for women’s health EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ November 2, 2016 — TruTag Technologies, Inc., a leader in product authentication and data intelligence solutions, announced today it is entering into the US$200 billion nutritional supplements market, and has been selected as […]

Goldman Sachs Honors TruTag Technologies at 2016 Builders + Innovators Summit

TruTag Chairman Dr. Hank Wuh named one of the “100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs” of the Year EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ October 19, 2016 — Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) is recognizing TruTag Technologies and its Chairman, Dr. Hank Wuh, as one of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2016 at its Builders + Innovators Summit, on October 19-20 […]

TruTag Technologies Showcases Its On-Product Security Solution for the Electronics, Food and Life Sciences Markets at IACC’s 2016 Annual Fall Conference

TruTag to exhibit and demonstrate its Model 4100 Handheld Universal Reader for secure product authentication EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ October 13, 2016 — TruTag Technologies, Inc., a leader in product authentication, brand security, and data intelligence solutions, today announced that it will be showcasing its on-product authentication solution with its latest advancements on its award-winning Handheld […]

TruTag Technologies Named Winner in the 2016 BIG Awards for Business

Business Intelligence Group Announces the 36 Global Leaders in Business; TruTag’s Handheld Hyperspectral Imager Named “New Product of the Year” EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ October 12, 2016 — TruTag Technologies, Inc., a leader in product authentication, brand security, and data intelligence solutions, today announced that they received the “New Product of the Year” Award for their […]

TruTag Technologies and Colorcon to Present Live Webcast on On-Dose Authentication Technologies

Webcast hosted by Pharmaceutical Technology will address regulatory and manufacturing considerations for implementing on-dose anticounterfeiting technologies for solid-dose drug products EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ October 4, 2016 — TruTag Technologies, Inc., a leader in product authentication, brand security, and data intelligence solutions, today announced that it is participating in a live webcast, hosted by Pharmaceutical Technology, to […]

TruTag Technologies, Inc. Receives Authorization for $15 Million Special Purpose Revenue Bonds from the State of Hawaii

Special Purpose Revenue Bonds may be used for planning, construction and equipping of TruTag’s manufacturing operations KAPOLEI, HAWAII ─ August 16, 2016 — TruTag Technologies, Inc., a leader in product authentication, brand security, and data intelligence solutions today announced that the Honorable David Y. Ige, Governor of the State of Hawaii, signed into law Act […]

TruTag Technologies’ Manufacturing Plant Achieves Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Compliance

Nano-porous silica manufacturing facility is the largest in the world and will produce TruTag® microtags for global pharmaceutical customers KAPOLEI, HAWAII ─ August 2, 2016 — TruTag Technologies, Inc., a leader in product authentication, brand security, and data intelligence solutions today announced that its silica microtag manufacturing facility in Kapolei, Hawaii has achieved compliance with current […]

TruTag Technologies Exhibits at COMPUTEX 2016

TruTag unveils new high-performance detector to demonstrate its latest advancements in authentication technology EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ May 30, 2016 — TruTag Technologies will demonstrate its nanotechnology-based product authentication solution and debut its revolutionary Model 4100 Handheld Universal Detector to the electronics market at COMPUTEX 2016, May 31-June 4, in Taipei, Taiwan. TruTag’s on-product authentication solution […]

TruTag Technologies announces pilot project with LACMA

Art meets technology: security platform will tag 200 pieces in a traveling exhibit EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ May 23, 2016 — TruTag Technologies has announced today that Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) will implement the TruTag® security platform in its traveling exhibition “Forces of Nature: Divinity and the Arts of the Ancient Maya,” opening […]

Barry McDonogh Joins TruTag Technologies as Vice President of Business Development

Senior Business Development Executive To Lead Market Expansions at TruTag Technologies EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ April 25, 2016 — TruTag Technologies, Inc., a leader in product authentication and brand security solutions addressing the $1 trillion global counterfeit and diversion problem, today announced that Barry McDonogh has joined the company as Vice President of Business Development. In […]

TruTag Demonstrates the Benefits of Extracting Product Intelligence from SODF Drug Products at ExcipientFest Americas

TruTag to exhibit its on-dose authentication technology solution that can extract and analyze business intelligence directly from the drug product EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ April 20, 2016 — TruTag will feature its latest authentication technology solution to combat unauthorized diversion and counterfeiting at this year’s ExcipientFest Americas Conference, April 26-27, in Baltimore, Maryland. The TruTag® platform […]

TruTag Technologies Partners with Pharmaceutical Executive to Present Latest Advances in On-Dose Technologies

TruTag Technologies co-presents with Brand Protection Expert on live webcast and podcast EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ March 8, 2016 — TruTag Technologies, Inc., a leader in product authentication and brand security solutions addressing the $1 trillion global counterfeit and diversion problem partners with Pharmaceutical Executive on a live webcast and recorded podcast on the topic of, […]

TruTag Technologies named 2016 BIG Innovation Award Winner

On-product security and information solution combats massive counterfeiting and diversion problem EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ February 18, 2016 — TruTag Technologies, Inc., developer of an innovative, edible product intelligence solution addressing the trillion-dollar global counterfeiting and diversion problem, today announced that it has been named a 2016 BIG Innovation Award Winner. TruTag joins the company of […]

TruTag Technologies Introduces New High-Performance Reader at the 2015 Active and Intelligent Packaging Industry Association World Congress in Utrecht, Holland

• Covert “edible bar code” platform can address food and pharmaceutical packaging with latest advancement in authentication technology • TruTag’s Steven Yoder, pharma industry veteran, will present on pharmaceutical and food security solutions EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ November 17, 2015 — TruTag Technologies, Inc., developer of an innovative, edible product security solution addressing the trillion-dollar global counterfeit problem, […]

Steven Yoder joins TruTag Technologies to head pharmaceutical business development

Senior pharmaceutical executive to lead advanced on-dose drug authentication platform EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ August 18, 2015 ─ TruTag Technologies, Inc., developer of an innovative, edible security platform for pharmaceuticals, today announced that Steven Yoder has joined the company to lead its business development efforts for the pharmaceutical market. TruTag® microtags or “TruTags®” offer a unique […]

WuXi PharmaTech and TruTag Technologies Complete Successful Testing of Edible On-Dose Authentication Solution for Pharmaceuticals

Covert, edible technology can be used to manage the pharmaceutical supply chain, prevent counterfeiting or diversion, and provide product informatics SHANGHAI, CHINA and HONOLULU, HAWAII ─ August 10, 2015 ─ WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE: WX), a leading open-access R&D capability and technology platform company serving the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries, and TruTag […]

TruTag Technologies Adds WuXi Pharma Chairman and Arocrest Partner to Board

Leader in drug information tracking and brand protection joined by Dr. Ge Li, Chairman and CEO of WuXi PharmaTech, and Gregory S. Leong, Partner at Arocrest Company Honolulu, HI — May 19, 2015 — TruTag Technologies, Inc., the innovator of an uniquely edible security platform that addresses the trillion-dollar global opportunity for food safety and […]

TruTag Technologies’ “edible barcode” named one of the most significant innovations in America

TruTag’s brand protection technology receives the prestigious 2014 R&D 100 Award HONOLULU, HAWAII ─ July 14, 2014 ─ TruTag Technologies has been selected by R&D Magazine to receive the 2014 R&D 100 Award, naming the company’s covert “edible barcode” as one of the most significant tech innovations in America. TruTag Technologies, Inc. is the developer […]

Identification Industry Pioneer Joins TruTag Technologies as Senior Advisor

Identification Industry Pioneer Joins TruTag Technologies as Senior Advisor Dr. Joseph Atick, Co-founder / CEO of Visionics and Co-founder / Director Emeritus of International Biometrics and Identification Association, to join TruTag Advisory Board KAPOLEI, HI ─ June 2, 2014 ─ TruTag Technologies, Inc., the Hawaii-based innovator of an edible security platform that addresses the trillion-dollar […]

Trutag Technologies Wins Gold at Edison Awards 2014

Technology pioneer’s “game changing” security platform recognized for disrupting the trillion-dollar global brand protection market HONOLULU, HI ─ May 7, 2014 ─ TruTag Technologies – Hawaii-based innovator of an edible security platform that addresses the trillion-dollar global counterfeit problem – has been named a 2014 Edison Award Winner, earning Gold in the category of “Material […]

WuXi PharmaTech Corporate Venture Fund to Invest in TruTag Security Platform for Drug Safety

WuXi PharmaTech Corporate Venture Fund to Invest in TruTag Security Platform for Drug Safety SHANGHAI, CHINA, and HONOLULU, HI ─ April 1, 2014 ─ WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE: WX), a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device R&D services company with operations in China and the United States, and TruTag Technologies, Inc., developer of the […]

TruTag Technologies’ Anti-Counterfeiting Solution Featured at the 2014 Global Forum on Access to Safe Medicines

“Edible bar code” pioneer to demonstrate disruptive solution for the growing problem of pharmaceutical counterfeiting HONOLULU, HI ─ March 31, 2014 — TruTag Technologies, Inc., innovator of an edible security platform that addresses the growing global problem of counterfeit and diverted drugs, will be featured at the 2014 Global Forum on Access to Safe Medicines, […]

TruTag Technologies Selected Edison Awards Finalist for 2014

Technology pioneer to be recognized for “game changing” security platform addressing the trillion-dollar global brand protection market HONOLULU, HI ─ February 25, 2014 / PRNewswire / — TruTag Technologies, Hawaii-based innovator of an edible security platform that addresses the trillion-dollar global counterfeit problem, has been named a 2014 Edison Award Finalist. Vetted by over 3,000 professionals from the fields of […]

Green Project Teams with TruTag Technologies to Implement Global Brand Protection

HONOLULU, HI and HACIENDA HEIGHTS, CA ─ October 28, 2013 ─ TruTag Technologies, Inc., the developer of a covert authentication platform to address the trillion dollar global market for brand protection, and Green Project, Inc., an international manufacturer and leading supplier of remanufactured inkjet and toner cartridge products, today announced that Green Project will institute a […]

TruTag Technologies Named 2014 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum

Company targeting global counterfeit problem named one of world’s most innovative will be honored at “Summer Davos” HONOLULU, HI ─ August 27, 2013 ─ TruTag Technologies, Inc., Honolulu-based innovator of an edible security platform to address the trillion dollar global counterfeit problem and the issue of food and medicine safety, has been named a 2014 […]

TruTag Technologies Debuts New Portable Authentication Reader at the Seventh Global Forum on Pharmaceutical AntiCounterfeiting and Diversion in Washington, DC

TruTag Technologies will exhibit its latest advancements in drug authentication technology and display the merits of its “covert edible bar code” solution for combating drug counterfeiting and diversion HONOLULU, HI ─ November 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ ─ TruTag Technologies today announced their participation in the Seventh Global Forum on Pharmaceutical AntiCounterfeiting and Diversion in Washington, DC, taking […]

Cofounder of Symantec Denis Coleman Joins TruTag Technologies as Senior Scientific Advisor

Cofounder of Symantec Denis Coleman Joins TruTag Technologies as Senior Scientific Advisor. Coleman, visionary inventor and entrepreneur, to advise the development and commercialization of TruTag’s brand protection and security technology HONOLULU, HI ─ March 5, 2012 ─TruTag Technologies, Inc., a leading product authentication technology company with proprietary solutions in the worldwide anti-­counterfeiting and brand protection […]

Former Cisco Systems CTO Bill Melohn Joins TruTag Technologies as Senior Scientific Advisor

Cisco Systems CTO Bill Melohn Joins TruTag Technologies as Senior Scientific Advisor Bill Melohn, IT pioneer, brings extensive network security and systems expertise to support development and commercialization of TruTag’s brand protection and security technology HONOLULU, HI, ─ February 21, 2012 ─ TruTag Technologies, Inc., a leading product authentication technology company with proprietary solutions in the […]

TruTag Technologies Names Kent Mansfield President

Veteran Security Industry Executive and Technology Innovator to Head Company HONOLULU, HI ─ November 29, 2011 ─ TruTag Technologies, Inc., a leading product authentication technology company with proprietary solutions in the worldwide anti‐counterfeiting and brand protection markets, today announced the appointment of Kent Mansfield as President, effective immediately. “We are very pleased to welcome Kent on […]