RFID Technology: HHS Task Force on Drug Importation

From Health and Human Services, Stakeholder Meeting, HHS Importation Task Force ...

... "In tracing, the Auto ID system can be used to systematically access databases of all companies or entities that have handled the product. This helps us build an electronic pedigree for that particular product. The authentication track and trace approach, as mentioned above, depend heavily on the capability to uniquely identify individual drugs within the supply chain at the primary package level. The electronic product code is applied to each primary package unit, and this is the basis for mass serialization of pharmaceutical product. Using bar code systems to read and account for billions of unique identifiers is laborious, and RFID holds out the promise holds out the promise of a more efficient technology to execute this mass serialization in the supply chain. In conclusion, the Auto ID system holds promise of making pharmaceutical products in the supply chain much more secure than they are today. The EPC community and Auto ID labs are committed to doing all that is possible to remove the barriers to the widespread global adoption of this technology." ...