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RFID: The future of smart labelling?

Pharmaceutical Technology

The pharmaceutical industry began using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in the early 2000s. Pfizer was the first to use the tech, adding RFID tags to track a Viagra (sildenafil) shipment circa 2006. Volpe adds that the FDA has not yet decided on the overall encoding standard for RFID as it has with barcodes.

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Securing every dose with an edible security technology for safe medicines

European Pharmaceutical Review

1 Simply, pharmaceutical products are the most vulnerable to counterfeiting. 2 The global counterfeit pharmaceuticals trade is estimated to be worth billions annually, 3 bolstered significantly by the increased illicit online pharmacies that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. World Health Organization; 2006.