The FDA, Drugs, and RFID Technology for Pharmaceutical Industry

Combating Counterfeit Drugs with RFID Technology. A Progressive Food and Drug Administration Endorses RFID for Tracking, Tracing, and Pedigree Enablement…

The US Food and Drug Administration completed a report titled "Combating Counterfeit Drugs: A Report of the Food and Drug Administration" this month (February, 2004), describing specific examples where RFID technology can play a key strategic role. In this report, they discuss how counterfeiting of currency and consumer products are common problems that confront governments and manufacturers globally. Particularly, the counterfeiting of drugs has become endemic, in some countries.

Currently, America has an extremely low rate of drug counterfeiting, however the FDA detects an increasing trend by counterfeiters to target the American pharmaceutical marketplace. This report was created by a task force, whose mission is to respond to this emerging threat. The recommendations support the creation of a comprehensive system of modern protections, such as RFID technology, against counterfeit drugs.

The FDA task force recommends the implementation of new technologies, specifically RFID, to better protect our drug supply...

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