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Cardinal Health Deems RFID Pilot a Success
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11/21/2006
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The drug company has not yet determined, however, how to achieve satisfactory read rates of individual tags on pharmaceutical items packed in cases on pallets.
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AmerisourceBergen to Conduct HF/UHF RFID Pilot
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11/14/2006
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The pharmaceutical distributor is installing an EPCIS-based system to track tagged bottles and cases of drugs passing through one of its DCs. Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline will be among the participating drugmakers.
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TNT Uses RFID To Track Temperatures of Sensitive Goods
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10/13/2006
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The new service assures that health-care, pharmaceutical and chemical companies' products remain at appropriate temperatures during transit.
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A Shift to UHF Near-Field Predicted for Pharma
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10/03/2006
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Andrew Nathanson, of the market research firm Venture Development Corp., says the pharmaceutical industry will increasingly adopt hybrid HF-UHF RFID solutions over the next five years, followed by near-field UHF technology.
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Stakes Are High for Mexican Pharma RFID Mandate
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09/26/2006
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To participate in Mexico's federal Seguro Popular health-insurance program, which currently serves 4 million families, drug manufacturers and distributors will use UHF and HF RFID tags to track pallets, cases and individual containers of pharmaceuticals.
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Pharma to Pioneer Item-level Tracking
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10/22/2006
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The pharmaceutical industry will significantly influence how the RFID industry addresses item-level tracking and high-compliance applications on a global scale.
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RFID Mandates on Drugs Might Not Be the Answer
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08/10/2006
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A mandate from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could jumpstart RFID adoption in the pharmaceutical sector—or it could create a sweeping backlash.
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FDA Will Issue Drug-Pedigree Guidelines
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08/08/2006
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Associate FDA commissioner Randall Lutter says the pharmaceutical industry needs to move quickly toward adopting RFID for verifying a drug’s chain of custody.
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Congress Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Halting Drug Counterfeiting
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07/14/2006
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The Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources heard testimony from representatives of pharmaceutical and RFID firms.
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FDA Issues New 'Counterfeit Drug Task Force' Report
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06/09/2006
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The agency will not mandate RFID's use within the pharmaceutical industry, but urges the industry to 'move quickly to implement this technology.'
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