Digital IP protection service to the biopharmaceutical industry

Surety, LLC and SAFE-BioPharma Association have announced a partnership that leverages the SAFE-BioPharma digital identity management standard with Surety’s AbsoluteProof Service. The new arrangement will enable life sciences, bio-tech and R&D laboratories to protect intellectual property and legally defend the authenticity of digitally signed electronic files throughout their chain of custody. As part of the agreement, Surety has become a SAFE-BioPharma Vendor Partner.

Under the terms of the agreement, Surety is able to incorporate the SAFE-BioPharma identity management standard - used to verify and manage digital identities and to apply digital signatures to electronic records - into products using its AbsoluteProof cryptographically based time-stamp service. The new alliance will jointly target laboratories in small and mid-size biopharmaceutical companies as they transition from paper-based to electronic lab management workflows and record-keeping processes.