The Biography Network Message This Monday, the productive health care drug Viago and anesthetics Oxycontin manufacturers announced that in order to combat fake behavior, they will use radio frequency technology (RFID) on the pole. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that this technology can be used to produce electronic monitoring from production to the pharmaceutical plant, which is an effective means of cracking down on increasingly increased drug fake phenomenon.
The FDA said that RFID technology is mainly used in medicines sent to pharmacies and retailers, while consumers directly taken back from the pharmaceutical factory. Because the fake phenomenon occurs mainly in the retail channel of drugs. Manufacturer producing Oxycontin drugs said that from this week, the company will use radio frequency technology in the two major sellers - Wal-Mart and HD. Smith. Pfizer, mainly produces Viagra. The company spokesperson Bryant Hurkins said that the company will officially enable RFID technology from the factory. "We only use this technology in Viao, because this is a drug that is most popular, and most is also the most user-friendly drug." Pfizer, a year of Viagra sales is $ 1.5 billion, using RFID technology will cost Millions of dollars.
RFID technology is developed by the AUTO-ID center, its application form is a tag (TAG), card and tag (Label) device. The marker device consists of an RFID chip and antenna. The passive marker device operates and communicates with radio waves, and the signal must be 10 feet in the range of the identifier. Another pharmaceutical factory, Glaxosmithkline also announced that RFID technology will be used within 12-18 months. Earlier this year, the FDA reported to the government that RFID technology is an effective means of combating fake phenomena. However, the Bush administration has not been approved, but it is required to take other technical means and measures to combat fake phenomenon. FDA estimates, comprehensive promotion of RFID technology may be in 2007.
