Pharmaceutical makers Pfizer and GSK use RFID technology for

The reporter learned a few days ago that in order to combat counterfeiting, Pfizer in New York, Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, etc.

Pharmaceutical manufacturers use RFID technology to complete further product tracking and exact product identification.

 

Pfizer plans to attach RFID packaging to the packaging box and retail packaging of a health drug produced by the company at the end of 2005. The initial cost of the label is expected to be several million US dollars.

GSK plans to have RFID tags on at least one product before mid-2006. RFID tags have been installed with various hidden or visible security devices,

Such as a hologram. Pfizer sometimes specifies color-changing inks and unique computer bar codes that make it difficult to copy.