Radio Frequency Identification Technology for Logistics, Tagging and EPC

SecureRF CEO to Speak on Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Issues

Monday, April 2, 2007

How can RFID help secure the pharmaceutical supply chain?

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Louis Parks, founder and CEO of SecureRF Corporation will give a presentation titled “RFID in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain - Security Challenges and Opportunities” on Wednesday, April 25, from 3:15-4:15 p.m. at INTERPHEX2007 conference Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.

In this session, he will detail security and privacy issues in deploying RFID and the validity of these concerns.

“With the increase in counterfeiting and diverted drugs, along with new pedigree requirements, many pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors are looking to RFID as a solution for protecting, authenticating and tracking their products,” says Mr. Parks. [end] 

Systech International and Zetes announced their partnership to provide pharmaceutical manufacturers with service and support required to meet Europe’s emerging regulatory requirements.

Under the partnership, Zetes will sell, install and support Systech’s Serialized Product Tracking (SPT) solution throughout Europe allowing pharmaceutical companies to meet various serialization needs and address Europe’s track and trace regulatory requirements.

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Several major wine producers are now using an NFC solution from eProvenance to monitor the temperature of their wine during shipment and storage, according to Point of Sale News.

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Nokia has revealed a new application for smart phones that translates what you say into another language and transmits the message to another user via NFC.

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Orange Business Services is working together with Auchan Group, the international food retail group, to offer a real-time tracking solution to monitor the routing of plastic creates which carry fruits and vegetables in its French supermarkets.

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that it will hold a workshop on April 26 to examine the use of mobile payments and how this emerging technology impacts consumers.

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It is inevitable, RFID will dominate the supply chain versus traditional technology such as bar codes, according to Supply Chain Digest, the only question is when.

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