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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The United States plans to issue passports with personal data stored on radio frequency identification chips. The documents would be harder to forge, but might leave holders vulnerable to identity theft. By Ryan Singel.
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The radio frequency tag approved by the Food and Drug Administration is part military dog tag and part high-tech smart chip. The chip inside is encoded with the type and date of the surgery and the surgeon&#39;s name.
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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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Pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma LP is working closely with law-enforcement agencies to use radio-frequency identification technology to protect shipments of OxyContin, Purdue&#39;s painkiller drug that&#39;s a frequent target for theft.
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The US Food and Drug Administration is concerned that Illinois&#39; plan to help residents buy prescription medications from the United Kingdom may open the door to counterfeit drugs from other countries that have less-stringent drug safeguards.
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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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Industry groups are skeptical about the U.S. government plan to add long-range RFID technology to driver's licenses to improve border security.
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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration has approved a radio frequency tag for surgery patients to help prevent wrongful operations.
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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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RFID tags, the dime-sized devices that can track inventory from the factory to the store, are being embraced as one of the hottest of new technologies. -TheWashington Post
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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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Officials estimate that counterfeits of life-saving drugs may be a factor in up to 200,000 deaths each year.
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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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Millions regularly buy prescription drugs in spite of risk they could be sold fakes, research shows
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WASHINGTON - Three large drug manufacturers in the United States say they plan to add radio transmitter tags to bottles of pills to prevent counterfeiting and theft.
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Radio-frequency identification is a technology that&#39;s touted as the replacement for the bar code. These postage-stamp-size RFID tags contain a tiny microchip that&#39;s smaller than a grain of sand and capable of storing information.