RFID Tags May Not Reduce Drug Counterfeiting
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Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, said it would begin shipments of the tagged medication this week. Pfizer, the maker of Viagra, said it would begin shipping RFID-tagged bottles by the end of next year.
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Viagra, Oxycontin and some AIDS  drugs will be among the first to carry radio chip tracking  devices under a new Food and Drug Administration initiative to  prevent theft and counterfeiting announced on Monday.
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WASHINGTON - Impotence drug Viagra may soon carry radio chip tracking devices under an American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) initiative to prevent theft and counterfeiting.
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Studies show that RFID tags, implanted in pets and humans, can cause cancer in mice. But one maker defends his chips
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By Scott Macnab  ELECTRONIC tagging doesn't work and is dearer than keeping suspects in jail, an official report shows.  In a trial, two thirds of those who were tagged breached their bail conditions.  Almost a third were arrested for committing more crimes.
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Companies are already reporting losses from counterfeit chips, so cracking down on piracy and counterfeiting will ensure both reliable electronics and more savings, analysts said.
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Report gives mixed reviews on the use of implanted radio frequency identification (RFID) based technology to keep track of medical patients.
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Imation today announced it will begin selling special tape cartridge labels that contain an RFID chip that can be scanned and used to track tapes through inventory lists and alerts. A GPS location system is soon to follow the initial RFID label product.
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PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 21  /PRNewswire/ -- Counterfeiting is a problem that seems to be prevalent all over the world. Cheap alternatives for expensive products are bound to sell -- but at what cost? To answer the question simply, it is at the loss of the original products.
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The European Union is warned to take steps to combat the growing problem of counterfeit drugs.
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Counterfeit medicines, some of them sold over the Internet, are swamping unregulated markets in developing nations with sometimes fatal results, the U.N. drug control watchdog said on Thursday.
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Despite speakers at the EPCglobal US conference talking up the benefits of radio frequency identification, many US companies are still waiting to see a clear reason to adopt RFID technology.
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The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday announced an anti-counterfeiting initiative that would provide prescription drugs with an electronic fingerprint by outfitting them with tiny chips and antennas.
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IBM said on Friday it has developed technology to help drug distributors, manufacturers and retailers prevent counterfeit drugs from making their way into the market.
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(National-NBC) Nov. 15, 2004 - A new government initiative will put radio antennas on the labels of some of the most counterfeited drugs in the world.
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As RFID-chipped passports gain adoption around the world, successful attempts to crack them are on the rise as well. Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom have already reported compromised data, while countries such as New Zealand remain sure it can't happen there. But what if the goal wasn't data theft but detonation?
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BALTIMORE - While speakers at the EPCglobal Inc. U.S. conference Wednesday talked up the benefits of radio frequency identification (RFID), analysts watching RFID adoptions said many U.S. companies are still waiting to see a clear reason to adopt the technology.