The pharmaceutical industry is a hotbed of opportunities for RFID companies whose technology can keep up with track-and-trace demands of federal and state regulators. Expect to see more announcements like this one: RFID provider Sirit, partnered with VendingTechnology Inc., a developer of advanced item level transaction and dispensing solutions, and Scopra Inc., a developer of […]

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According to ABI Research: “When Wal-Mart’s new CIO, Rollin Ford, addressed his troops upon taking office last week, he confirmed the company’s unabated enthusiasm for RFID, saying, ‘When Gen 2 was released we planned to make it our standard at the beginning of this year. We have done that, and I can confirm that we […]

By Rhea Wessel, Contributing Editor, RFID Operations LONDON—A recent study in the U.K. shows counterfeited or recalled medicine can be identified at the point of dispensing by pharmacists using RFID, which should increase patient safety and help pharmaceutical companies protect their brands. During the study, pharmacists were also alerted within minutes about a drug recall. […]

“In some cases, it will be possible to achieve a one-year payback on RFID by 2008, according to DiamondCluster International, a Chiago-based management consulting firm. The firm compared various estimates for RFID market growth against conservative return on investment scenarios to reach this conclusion. “Companies in the health services, particularly pharmaceutical drug makers, high-value consumer […]

“A Food and Drug Administration task force is scheduled next month to make recommendations for speeding the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to track prescription drugs from manufacture to retail purchase. A track-and-trace requirement has been on the books since 1987, but the FDA has postponed the effective date because of concerns that […]

By Marisa Torrieri, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publishing Whether it’s the rising cost of prescription drugs or more sophisticated technology and funding for counterfeiters, incidents of drug counterfeiting have skyrocketed in the United States. Drug counterfeiting now costs the Food and Drug Administrations more than $30 billion annually, a number so great that the agency is […]

“In the USA, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has begun distributing a medicine tagged with RFID technology as part of an initial pilot project to help protect patient safety. The trial is likely to be followed by other similar programmes if it is considered successful. The tags are to be placed on all bottles of Trizivir (an HIV […]

By David C. Wyld, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications Robert Malone, Editor of Inbound Logistics magazine, recently commented that, “it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to discover that pharmaceuticals are a prime candidate for the use of RFID in our new era of high security.” In recent months, there have been significant developments in the pharmaceutical […]

“Nosco Inc. has launched a new RFID service under the (‘Nosco RFID Package Integration’ brand) to help pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device manufacturers, and distributors meet US Federal guidelines and State legislation to protect the country’s drug supply.”