Yet another major health facility has vamped up its existing system with RFID technology to better store, track, and manage stuff. The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano made the upgrade to keep better tabs on its costly, cardiovascular devices and supplies, according to an announcement put out this morning from Mobile Aspects (the provider of the […]

Alien Technology’s latest RFID reader products now support the Intel UHF RFID Transceiver R1000, the company announced today. Alien plans to offer readers in new, smaller form factors with the advanced EPCglobal Gen 2 and software-enhanced features. The Intel R1000 will enable RFID readers to be used in a broader spectrum of new application segments, […]

Purdue Pharma plans to integrate Impinj’s high-speed, RFID-enabled pharmaceutical packaging line. The production-level deployment of Impinj’s GrandPrix UHF RFID suite – which includes Speedway readers and tags powered by Monza chips – is scheduled for the second quarter of 2007. Purdue Pharma Selects Impinj Gen 2 RFID Item-Level Tagging Technology for First-of-Its-Kind High-Speed Packaging Line […]

RFID converting technology specialist Worldlabel, the Internet-based marketing division of Singapore’s Innotech Resources Pte Ltd., today introduced of its premier Infinity V1 RFID Tag and Inlay embedding system for smart RFID label converting. The new, flexible machine targets different market sectors, its makers calling it a low-cost alternative for converting RFID inlays so they are […]

Blue Vector Systems, which manufactures sensor-networking appliances, says its entry into new markets with new technologies (like RFID) helped spur growth in 2006. During the year, Blue Vector deployed “cost-effective RFID tracking solutions to industry leaders such as McKesson and Rite Aid.” Timing couldn’t have been better, as the pharmaceutical industry was an especially strong […]

Alien Technology’s new CEO is George W. Everhart, a man with more than 25 years of “executive leadership experience” in a number of companies, including 3Com Corporation, Fujitsu Personal Computer Corporation, and Apple Computer. Morgan Hill, Calif.-based Alien manufactures tags and other RFID products for the retail, consumer, manufacturing, defense, transportation and logistics, pharmaceutical, and […]

RFID cell phones are on the way. Today’s clue: Gentag, Inc. was issued a patent that will allow it to create RFID-based sensor networks for consumer, industrial, and government applications. The emergence of near-field communications (NFC) is expected to accelerate the availability of RFID cell phones. Gentag to Piggyback on NFC Technology to Read RFID […]

Word has it, they’re into implementing RFID for process improvement even more. That’s the conclusion drawn from a survey of 275 manufacturing firms recently released by ChainLink Research. In addition to tracking tools and containers, popular RFID-enabled prcesses include: improving freshness in food and pharmaceutical products, tracking clinical samples, and maintaining quality control. More Manufacturers […]

Counterfeit drugs aren’t just a big problem in the United States. Europe, too, has a high number of incidences and is doing an equally vigorous job investigating ways to thwart fraudsters. It’s an effort by authorities that includes researching RFID to track and trace medicines. According to European news outlet livescientist.com, Frost & Sullivan finds […]

With the counterfeit drug trade hitting hard against Europe’s pharmaceutical industry, securing the supply chain is becoming an increasingly important and lucrative business. The European Union needs to determine a standard method of identification for drugs, simplifying trade between member countries, suggests a report by Frost & Sullivan. The same report predicts that European market […]