RFID Labels On Prescription Drug Bottles

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."

Comments

Andd what *exactly* does this have to do with...

[sepluv]

Your Rights Online unless you're an online drug dealer or something...

Re:So...

[P-Nuts]

Hey, at least its a good excuse to take a vacation to Mexico, and, oh btw, stock up on presription meds like Amoxycilin. Drugs are dirt cheap down there. You'll have to check how much you are legally allowed to bring back though.....

What worries me is when will the, umm, prescription, umm, drugs that I import from Colombia have RFID tags?

RFIDed Viagra bottle

[faramir_fr]

Woohoo new spam will reach our mailboxes: "Get the ONLY real RFIDed Viagra bottle!"

Re:In the Money

[krymsin01]

You are one of those jackasses that drink "wine" out of a box, aren't you?

Re:edible rfid

[Lucky_Norseman]

So that when the someone wants to find out if you have been overdosing you can just sit on a scanner!

Don't you know the party line by now?

[imaginate]

This will SAVE consumers money, of course!

By preventing fraud (and cheaper imports), the pharmaceutical companies will protect their investment, which will naturally lead to LOWER COSTS! It's a win/win situation!!!

You, the consumer, should embrace this, just as you should embrace DRM, because when companies don't have to enforce their IP, they pass those savings on to YOU!

Hey, that sh!t's worked before...

Re:edible rfid

[LaimGod]

MMMmmm... EMF.. (Drools)

RFID Tags Can't Be Copied - Just like Music

[Junior Samples]

Radio labels fight counterfeiting by providing a unique identifier that is almost impossible to copy.

If you believe that, I have some Ocean Front property in Arizona for sale - Are You Interested?

I can't disclose the precise location because it would be in violation of the DMCA.

Despite what you may read . . .

[PeeAitchPee]

. . . the REAL reason this technology came about is because no one was ever able to figure out how to get a pill bottle through a printer or typewriter . . .

Re:Paranoia fueling higher costs, yay!

[Trailer Trash]

if you are really so scared take your aluminum hat off and wrap the drugs in it.

Tinfoil, dude, apparently why yours isn't working...

Actual you are right

[goatan]

-- Liberalism is a mental disorder. --

The more i think about the more i think your right. The supporters of Liberal Gun laws (NRA) are pretty mental.

RFID Scan==Illegal Search

[ObsessiveMathsFreak]

#include "CURRENT_POLITICAL_CLIMATE_DEFINITIONS.h"
#includ e "iostream.h"
bool JudgesRuling(double);
bool CongressApproves();
bool CoperationsArgueBetter();
double MoneysInvolved(double);
void Appeal();
void GoAheadAnyWay();
bool The_System_Works();

int main(int argc,char* argv[]){
bool RFID_tags_become_popular = CONSUMER_APATHY_INDICATOR;
long number_of_consumers = NUMBER_OF_SUCKERS;
long number_of_RFID_readers = CORPERATION_RUTHLESSNESS_INDICATOR;

double massive_amount_of_personal_data_in_private_hands =
RFID_tags_become_popular * number_of_consumers * number_of_RFID_readers * AVG_READS_PER_DAY * AVG_READ_COOKIE_SIZE;

bool RFID_scanning_is_illegal_search =JudgesRuling(massive_amount_of_data_in_private_ha nds);

if(RFID_scanning_is_illegal_search){ if(MoneysInvolved(massive_amount_of_data_in_privat e_hands) > A_LOT_OF_$$$) Appeal();
else
printf("You have no Privacy, get over it\n"); endl;
return A_LOT_OF_$$$;
}

return OUTSCOURCED_RFID_PROFITS;
}

bool JudgesRuling(double possible_infraction){

if(CongressApproves()) return false;
else if(MoneysInvolved(possible_infraction) > A_LOT_OF_$$$) return false;
else if(CorperationsArgueBetter()) return false;
else return true; //should never get here
}

bool CongressApproves(){
if(CorperationsArgueBetter())
return true;
else
return false;
}

bool CorperationsArgueBetter(){

if(A_LOT_OF_$$$ > PROTESTERS_FUNDS)//always true
return true;
else
return false;
}

double MoneysInvolved(double data_recieved){
return data_recieved * NUMBER_OF_SUCKERS * DOLLARS_PER_SUCKER;
}

void Appeal(){
if(The_System_Works())
return;
else
GoAheadAnyWay();
}

void GoAheadAnyWay(){
printf("We will find other methods to make life better for consumers\n");
exit(-1);
}

bool The_System_Works(){
if(A_LOT_OF_$$$ > 0)
return false;
else
return true;
}

Re:regionalism makes $ense.

[poot_rootbeer]

I think I'm going to be sick.

Considering your paranoia concerning the pharmaceutical industry, I would recommend against you getting sick...