January 07, 2006
SupplyScape Corporation launches pharma industry’s first RxAuthentication Service
In order to curb fake drugs SupplyScape Corporation launched the SupplyScape RxAuthentication Service. This is for the first time that the serial number of every pharmaceutical package referred to as Electronic Product Code or EPC could be authenticated before being distributed to American consumers. This service makes use of RFID tags to store the EPC information of the drug which can be verified by wholesalers and pharmacies through the Internet.
This move in the pharma industry was necessary as drug pirates were becoming highly sophisticated and were quite easily able to hack the legal drug supply chain.
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