RFID Labels On Prescription Drug Bottles

Posted by Hemos on Monday November 15, 2004 @02:04AM from the the-FDA-moves-forward dept.

sonik1 writes "The New York Times is reporting that the Food and Drug Administration and several major drug makers are expected to announce an agreement Monday to put tiny radio antennas on the labels of millions of medicine bottles to combat counterfeiting and fraud. RFID labels provide a unique identifier that is almost impossible to copy. When pharmacists receive delivery, they should be able to pass a wand over the bottles and, through an online database, check the history of each. Each label costs 20 to 50 cents."

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You might as well give up dispensing facts. by HarveyBirdman · 2004-11-15 02:33 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Tinfoil reflects facts.

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Re:Paranoia fueling higher costs, yay! by NitsujTPU · 2004-11-15 02:42 · Score: 0, Flamebait

This presumes that the thief would have access to the database of reference.

My crypto keys are perfectly safe in an escrow too!

Ooohhh, oohhh, and my credit card numbers have never been fraudulently used either.