RFID will start making its presence felt in the pharmaceutical industry within the next 18 months, according to analysts.
Research firm Meta Group predict that the potential cost savings RFID can bring will rapidly start luring US pharmaceutical companies into using the tags........Meta Group also predicts counterfeiting in the industry will be a principal driver in greater adoption. US pharmaceutical company Pfizer is currently trialling the drug in its supply, for example, after counterfeit versions of one of its products - Viagra - were found in two California pharmacies and the drug maker resorted to taking legal action against dozens of online fake-pill peddlers .
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