Einsatz von RFID in der Pharmazeutischen Industrie

Abstract

Radio frequency identification (RFID) is considered to be the most important technological inno-vation in information logistics. While RFID is mainly used for capturing production data in the producing industry and controlling goods issue/ goods received in commerce, the full advantage of the technology can be deployed in the pharmaceutical industry. The most important application is probably the complete tracking and tracing of goods along the entire supply chain, which is already required for all pharmaceu-tical products in some states in the US and also for certain products in Germany. In addition the RFID transponder can be used as seal of authenticity if it is applied to the packaging. Transponders with addi-tional sensor technology can supervise the cooling chain of temperature sensitive products. Furthermore the transponder can also serve as an anti theft device as well within the company as in stores and enables a higher security level than the 1-Bit Transponder used so far. The transponder technology can also replace the bar code totally or partly and is therefore a large contribution for process automation.