Crawford on RFID
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
An FDA guidance expected by mid-year on radio frequency identification for drug packaging will more strongly recommend use of the technology, Acting Commissioner Lester Crawford said at a Pharmaceutical Education Associates Fraud & Abuse Conference March 22. RFID implementation in the U.S. has fallen behind Europe, Crawford maintained at the meeting. FDA, which issued the original RFID guidance in November 2004, anticipates the technology will be widely used by 2007. OTC drugs may be last to carry RFID due to the high cost of the tags...