-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Politech] Drugmaker Teams With Law Enforcement To Use RFID To Halt Thefts Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 21:59:05 -0500 From: Stephanie <sjwinter@private> To: Declan McCullagh <declan@private> Declan, for Politech if you wish: http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=53700524 Drugmaker Teams With Law Enforcement To Use RFID To Halt Thefts Nov. 18, 2004 Purdue Pharma will provide RFID technology and training to help stop thefts of OxyContin. By Elena Malykhina Pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma LP is working closely with law-enforcement agencies to use radio-frequency identification technology to protect shipments of OxyContin, Purdue's painkiller drug that's a frequent target for theft. This week Purdue said it will even donate handheld RFID scanning equipment to law-enforcement and cargo-theft investigative agencies around the country. Purdue is also starting a pilot program this week to use RFID tags on shipments of 100-tablet bottles of OxyContin to two of its largest customers, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and H.D. Smith Wholesale Drug Co., to help prevent theft during distribution. RFID can be used to create an electronic drug pedigree, a tracking mechanism that follows products from the manufacturer to the wholesaler and finally to the pharmacy, says Aaron Graham, VP and chief security officer at Purdue. Pedigrees can help law-enforcement officers quickly determine the original source of a drug confiscated during robbery and burglary investigations--a process that currently takes months to investigate using paper records, says Tom Stone, executive director of the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Association. [...remainder snipped...] _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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