Flexi-Cap Protects against Counterfeit Drugs

Schreiner MediPharm will again be present at this year's InnoPack, as part of the CPhI trade fair in Paris from October 7th to 9th. One of the highlights is an innovative security solution that combines first-opening indication and labeling: Flexi-Cap irreversibly shows that a primary container has been opened, and thus prevents illegal reuse and filling of empty containers with counterfeit substances.

Counterfeiters do not hesitate to take empty original containers from dumpsters, in order to refill them and illegally sell them as originals. Flexi-Cap, the new security concept from Schreiner MediPharm, based on an innovative combination of label and cap, prevents this misuse. The film cap is first put over the closed container, then the label is applied without covering the peel-open tab on the opening strip. Once the strip is opened, the bottom part of the cap, together with the label, remains attached to the container. Attempting to remove the rest of the cap destroys the label. This eliminates the possibility of illegal, unnoticed reuse.

The specialty solution is usable with different container types, forms and sizes. Unlike shrink-wrap solutions, the label construction can be applied without using heat, making it suitable for temperature-sensitive medicines. The top of Flexi-Cap allows space for bar code printing or NFC chip integration for electronic tracking. In addition, important user information can be communicated and patient compliance documented. The multilayer label provides enough space for information in several languages. Administration can be documented easily with the integration of detachable label parts. Robust hangers can also be included.

Adding extra security features such as holographs, color-shifting inks, guilloches or hidden features such as a void effects or LaserSecure pigments gives suppliers, pharmacists, medical personnel and patients additional certainty that the product they are holding in their hands is genuine.