IBM's RFID tech will combat fake pharmaceuticals

While we've long discussed both the benefits and nefarious uses of RFID (see: stalking people, or hacking their passports), but IBM's got a new purpose for wireless tags that could benefit pharmaceuticals. IBM announced that it will include RFID tags on drug packages as a way to track and verify the authenticity of a particular substance. Next thing you know our nanobot controlled interiors are going to be analyzing embedded RFID in order to decide whether harmful drug interactions will occur if fully digested and metabolized. Ah, the miracles of science.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 16th 2006 4:54AM]

first comment!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 16th 2006 5:36AM]

http://www.aegate.com already does this

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 17th 2006 2:00PM]

Aegate does not do this. This IBM announcement is about automatic counterfeit detection based on open standards, not on proprietary systems.

[meta Posted Dec 16th 2006 8:44AM]

Somehow I suspect the real market for it is combatting grey market imports.