Waltham, MA December 17, 2007 - Anoto, pioneering leader of digital pen and paper technology, and Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., an independent biopharmaceutical company have won the coveted 2007 Vision Award bestowed as part of the 2007 Process Innovation Award program. The Vision Award recognizes a technology implementation that has the greatest potential for changing a business or social process. Actelion applies Anoto Digital Pen and Paper technology to send handwritten notes during clinical trials into a workflow scenario that provides faster and more secure data capture, gives trial investigators more personal time with patients in testing and results in faster conclusions. This technology advancement will give Actelion a significant edge in speeding up its clinical development, final approval of new drugs and beating its competitors to market. Actelion has many clinical trials operating simultaneously. All of their current Phase 2 and 3 clinical trials involve using the data collected from the Anoto Digital Pen. - “We are extremely honored to have been recognized by the Process Innovation Award judges, for our technology,” said Ebba Åsly Fåhraeus, Anoto VP Sales & Marketing Forms. “Actelion is a well-regarded biopharmaceutical firm investigating new drugs to treat serious diseases. We're glad that we can assist them in gathering the critical data necessary to bring to market new treatments to help those afflicted”. Anoto and the Actelion implementation were selected by an independent panel of industry experts based on process improvements that led to gains in at least one of the following areas: productivity, profitability, ability to adapt to market conditions, or competitive standing/market share. Enterprise Innovator, a premier publication focused on technology innovation in the enterprise (www.enterpriseinnovator.com), sponsored the 2007 Process Innovation Awards, which were created by Kinetic Information LLC and are now in their 11th year. - “We are honored to sponsor such a coveted award program and chose to be part of the 2007 series because it rewards innovative enterprise applications that achieve business benefits, and illuminates such an important area of information technology expertise for our readers”, stated Harold Abraham, Deputy Editor, EnterpriseInnovator.com.
Process Innovation Vision Award Honors Anoto Group AB and Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.
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