Security and Access Control
Protecting the Public Health
The FDA and several pharmaceutical companies have taken the initiative to use RFID to combat drug counterfeiting and protect consumers.
Purdue Pharma Tags OxyContin
To meet mandates and help thwart counterfeiting, Purdue will add RFID labels to bottles of its popular pain reliever shipped to Wal-Mart and drug wholesaler HD Smith.FDA Clears Way for RFID Tagging
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration lifts some labeling requirements and gains support from two major pharmaceutical manufacturers.
EXI Broadens Its RTLS Platform
In an effort to expand its offerings beyond healthcare into industrial applications, eXI Wireless has developed software that adds support for UHF tags and readers.
Pharma Groups Work on EPC Issues
EPCglobal adds a new healthcare action group and a team of drugmakers, retailers and distributors studies the pharmaceutical industry’s requirements for deploying RFID.
NASA Launches Access System
The U.S. space agency will run a trial of an RFID-based access control system, the first in the world to use the Government Smart Card Interoperability Specification (GSC-IS) standard.
Using RFID to Manage Evacuations
Citing the increased threat of terrorist attacks on commercial buildings, Axcess promotes its system as a way to track employees during emergencies.
New System Joins RFID and EAS
Electronic article surveillance (EAS) provider Checkpoint Systems will offer an item-tagging system for clothing retailers that combines EAS and RFID technologies.
Lost and Found in Legoland
One of Europe’s largest amusement parks deploys a Wi-Fi-based RFID system that helps parents retrieve children who have wandered off.