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On June 14, 2007 Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN) introduced a bill to the House that would mandate anti-counterfeiting technology in prescription drug packages, primarily highlighting RFID technology or "similar trace and track technologies that have an equivalent function." In addition...

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In response to several questions about my previous post: The Amendment language doesn't "prohibit" the use of RFID by the pharmaceutical industry. But the language specifies that manufacturers must use an anti-counterfeiting technology that is visible with the naked eye...

Last week, the US Senate passed legislation that reauthorized the federal user fees on pharmaceuticals that help fund the FDA. Buried in the legislation was a provision -- posted earlier on this blog site -- authored by Senator Judd Gregg...

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The RFID Technology Council sponsored an event yesterday on Capitol Hill entitled "RFID and Healthcare: Emergency Preparedness and Response."  Anthony McKinney, Director of Public Security at SAP, and Kathleen Carroll, Director of Government Relations at HID Global, were among the...

In case you missed the RFID Journal Live! 2007 Pre-conference that we had in Orlando this week, here are PowerPoints of the presentations: "DoD RFID Use Here and Abroad" - Kathy Smith, DoD Supply Chain Integration -Download file"RFID Patent Issues" -...