April 04, 2006
Rfid can help stop drug counterfeiting, but…
Did you know that Drug counterfeiting costs the Food and Drug Administration in the United States more than $30 billion annually?
RFID tags can help track what the industry calls "drug pedigrees". This is a special terminology for documenting a drug's record stating that the company manufactured and distributed the drug under secure conditions. RFID can help create electronic or 'e-pedigree.'
All this is fine but there are two obstacles. First, creating and enforcing a law to force all pharmaceutical companies to use RFID in creating 'e-pedigree' takes time. Second, the task of attaching each product unit to a unique electronic serial number for efficient tracking, will no doubt take an awful lot of time initially
Via Contactless News
--
Did you enjoy this post?
« RFID Credit Cards Report Published | Main | How to deal with a Virus epidemic among the tags »
