
Pharmaceutical

Report: RFID Healthcare Spending Boom in 2007
The National Alliance for Health Information Technology and giant information technology consulting firm BearingPoint have released the results of a survey they conducted of more than 300 healthcare professionals. The findings indicate a slow year in 2006, followed by a dramatic uptick in spending in 2007 and beyond. This article has more.Frost: RFID Pharma-Healthcare to Top $2B in 2011
Frost & Sullivan today released a report on RFID's application in the pharmaceutical and healthcare verticals, predicting the market will top $2 billion by 2011. This article has more details.
TI Buys Impinj Gen 2 Chips for Inlays
Texas Instruments is the latest tag manufacturer using the Impinj Monza chip for Gen 2 inlays and chip-and-strap assemblies.
Omron’s New Mantra
The Japanese electronics vendor is focusing on making UHF systems for the supply chain, starting with the creation of the RFID Business Development Group in the United States.
Health Care Sees Safety in RFID
A survey shows that the biggest health-care players are deploying RFID at a faster pace, with spending expected to jump industry-wide in 2007.
New RFID-Enabled Drug Pedigree Solutions
Sun Microsystems has launched one solution for deploying item-level pharmaceuticals track and trace applications with RFID. SupplyScape, Systech and Tagsys are partnering on another.Sun Announces RFID Pharma Solution
Sun Microsystems today announced an RFID solution aimed at the pharmaceutical supply chain. Called the Sun RFID Industry Solution for Drug Authentication, the new offering is a combination of software, hardware, and services.
Sensitech’s RFID Cold Chain Solution
The cold chain technology company has RFID-enabled its TempTale sensors and developed a platform for end-to-end temperature-tracking of perishable foods.