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SupplyScape Corporation, the leading provider of software to secure the safety and value of the global pharmaceutical supply chain, recently announced that Robin Koh, chief strategy officer, will be a featured speaker at the World Health Organization's First IMPACT Global Forum on February 13, 2008, in Singapore.

IMPACT, the International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce, is a global coalition founded by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2006 to build coordinated networks across and between countries in order to halt the production, trading and selling of counterfeit medicines around the globe. The Forum, which will bring together technology developers and regulatory authorities from more than 40 countries around the world, is part of the IMPACT's commitment to communicate recent technology trends and provide recommendations on how these new technologies can fight counterfeit medical products.

Conference: World Health Organization's 1st IMPACT Global Forum - Anti-Counterfeiting Technologies

Featured Speaker: Robin Koh, Chief Strategy Officer, SupplyScape

Session Title: "Insights into Track & Trace Technologies' Role in Proactive Anti-Counterfeiting Programs"

When: February 13, 2008 11a.m. - 1 p.m .

Where: Furama Riverfront Hotel Singapore impactglobalforum.org

As one of the original architects of the Anti-Counterfeit model, Koh will provide a unique perspective on the state of product security strategies and technology deployments. He will also offer observations on the roll-out of Track & Trace anti-counterfeiting technologies and highlight programs that have worked and those that are works-in-progress. Koh's presentation will deliver valuable insights into how these technologies can form the basis for proactive rather than reactive anti-counterfeit measures and broader product security programs worldwide.

About Robin Koh
Koh is Chief Strategy Officer at SupplyScape where he helps companies to identify vulnerabilities in the drug supply chain, create strategies to make the distribution system more secure and improve business performance. Koh is a 20-year value chain veteran, having led supply chain initiatives in Asia, Europe and the US for companies such as Pepsi-Cola, Arrow Electronics, General Motors and Hewlett-Packard. As Director of Applications Research at MIT's Auto-ID Lab, Koh led the university's groundbreaking work with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), developing methods for fighting counterfeit drugs with technology. In addition, Koh spearheaded MIT's collaboration with the pharmaceutical industry to turn the FDA vision into solutions that work in today's intricate supply chain.

About SupplyScape
SupplyScape Corporation is the leading provider of software to secure the safety and value of the pharmaceutical supply chain. Pharmaceutical manufacturers, medical device makers, wholesale distributors and pharmacies rely on SupplyScape On-Demand Value Networks, a real-time information network infrastructure for end-to-end value chain visibility and control, to improve patient safety, product integrity and business performance within their supply chains. For more information, visit www.supplyscape.com.

SOURCE: SupplyScape Corporation