GAO Issues Drug Report, Senator Sponsors Bill
A Government Accountability Office report urges FDA reforms; Senator Vitter introduces the Reducing Fraudulent and Imitation Drugs Act.
Cyclone RFID-Enables Drug Pedigree Software
The company’s Healthcare Compliance Suite can now accept RFID tag data to help drug makers and distributors establish a product’s authenticity.
RTLS Market to Grow 30 Percent Annually
Frost & Sullivan estimates the worldwide RTLS market will jump to $1.26 billion in yearly sales by 2011.
Bailian Group Expands RFID Pilot
China’s largest retail chain is tracking goods within its distribution center, along with shipments from some of its suppliers.
New RFID Standard Groups at EPCglobal
Standards body EPCglobal has announced the formation of two new working groups: the HF Air Interface Working Group and the UHF Air Interface Working Group. The former will focus on creating a Gen2 standard of HF, and the latter will work to extend the existing Gen2 capabilities to better support item-level tagging.
APM Terminals Readies its RFID System
Having completed tests of its RFID-based real-time location system at one of its largest port sites, the shipping terminal operator expects it to become fully operational in July.
Virgin Atlantic Finds Value in RFID
The airline says it learned valuable lessons from its part-tagging pilot project and intends to expand the system to other airports.
Pharma RFID Adoption – Retail All Over Again?
AMR Research’s Hussain Mooraj argues in this guest column that the pharmaceutical industry’s RFID adoption hurdles resemble those of retail’s. Specifically, pharma must be able to achieve real business value — and not just mandate compliance — from adoption.
Consumer Reports Looks at RFID
The consumer watchdog magazine examines the privacy and security concerns linked to the use of RFID in consumer products.
EPCglobal Developing HF Tag Standard
The organization is also convening a working group to add security features to UHF Gen 2 tags.