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Pfizer Prepares for Viagra E-Pedigree Trial Later this year, the drugmaker says it will use SupplyScape e-pedigree services to document RFID-tagged bottles of Viagra as they move across the supply chain.

RFID-Enabled Cart Set to Provide Shoppers With Product Info, Ads Two grocery retailers, one on the East Coast and a second in the Dallas area, are expected to begin testing the system in a retail setting.

Movie, Music Suppliers Opt for Simple RFID Compliance Like several other Wal-Mart suppliers, Echo Bridge Home Entertainment and Handleman Co. both chose to implement a slap-and-ship tagging system using epcSolutions' RFIDTagManager application.

Polymer Electronics Consortium Inches Closer to Its Goal By the end of 2007, European consortium PolyApply expects to finish the working prototype of a semi-printed polymer RFID tag.

Packaging Maker Offering Tamper-Evident RFID Film Pliant, a provider of stretch film and specialty packaging, has developed a plastic wrap that uses RFID and conductive materials to make pallets tamper-evident.

German Meat-Tracking Project Focuses on Lasers and RFID A group of university researchers are developing a system designed to ensure the freshness of meat distributed throughout the supply chain.

RFID Journal Announces Keynote Speakers for RFID Journal LIVE! 2007 RFID Journal's fifth annual conference and exhibition, to be held Apr. 30 to May 2, 2007, will feature addresses by Wal-Mart CIO Rollin Ford and Sara Lee CIO George Chappelle.

Printronix Field-Upgradeable RFID Printer-Applicator The company's new applicator encodes, prints and applies bar-code and RFID labels at manufacturing speeds.

ESLs Are Becoming More Affordable For Retailers The latest offering from W5 Networks reduces system costs to $3.50 apiece for electronic shelf labels.

Pfizer's RFID Pilot Is the Start of Something Big So far, the company has tagged 2.1 million bottles of Viagra, and it plans to continue this effort in 2007.