FDA Task Force says 'Get going...'

The Food and Drug Administration's Counterfeit Drug Task Force announced June 9 its recommendations for the pharmaceutical industry regarding the use of radio-frequency identification technology to fight the proliferation of some 35 million counterfeit drugs in America... The report recommends that the FDA remove its "hold" on its so-called pedigree act, reinstating the 2007 deadline for those in the pharmaceutical supply chain to implement some form of electronic tracking technology, be that RFID, bar codes or a combination of both.

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