RFID Security Tags for Drugs, Anti-counterfeiting and Traceability Management
In recent years, drug safety issues have occurred frequently. According to the World Health Organization, the proportion of global counterfeit drugs has exceeded 10%, and the global annual sales of counterfeit drugs have exceeded 32 billion U.S. dollars, of which 60% of counterfeit drugs are in developing countries. One third of the world’s annual deaths are due to irrational drug use. Approximately 7,000 hospitalized patients in the United States die each year due to the wrong medication. According to data provided by the Chinese Pharmaceutical Association, in my country, at least 200,000 people die every year due to the wrong or improper use of medications, and the number of unqualified medications accounts for 11% to 26% of the number of medications, and 10% of daily emergency cases are due to medication errors. cause.
RFID technology plays an important role in tracking and monitoring medicines and equipment, and rectifying and regulating the medical supplies market. According to the report of "Global Healthcare and Medical Application Market", the revenue of RFID in the healthcare and medical application market in 2011 will grow to US$2.3188 billion, with a compound annual growth rate of 29.9%. Among them, the compound annual growth rate of the drug tracking market will be close to 32.8%, and the compound annual growth rate of the medical device tracking market will reach 28.9%.
RFID has great application potential in drug anti-counterfeiting and tracking and supply chain management. The use of RFID technology to track each drug in each link of sales and record it in the database in real time greatly guarantees the safety of drugs in the circulation link. RFID drug management aims to use high-tech to achieve safety supervision of special drugs and chemical reagents, prevent counterfeit drugs, expired drugs, and illegal drugs from entering the market, encourage "medical and patient personnel" to use drugs correctly, and curb the undesirable effects of driving up drug prices and monopolizing the drug market The occurrence of this phenomenon can improve the monitoring of the environmental conditions of drug transportation and storage; drug manufacturers can also dynamically monitor the flow and sales of drugs through this system, so as to adjust the production and inventory of drugs and improve their operational efficiency.
As a pharmaceutical manufacturer, a pharmaceutical company is responsible for attaching the RFID electronic label of the drug to the packaging. There are two types of RFID electronic tags for medicines, one is the electronic label affixed to the small drug packaging box of each sales unit, and the other is the UHF label affixed to the packaging carton.
Pharmaceutical wholesale companies, pharmaceutical retail companies, medical institutions, etc. need to be equipped with dedicated RFID read-write equipment. Pharmaceutical business enterprises perform product authenticity identification and circulation information writing operations during product entry and exit.
RFID electronic tags are implanted in the drug packaging. When the drugs leave the factory, they are registered with the drug management database through RFID technology. UHF RFID read-write equipment is provided in hospitals or pharmacies for doctors and patients to check the authenticity of the drugs, the date of delivery or read the method of use of the drugs And precautions. When the drug is sold and used, the package will be unsealed and the ID number of the drug will be cancelled. The drug manufacturer can use this system to grasp the flow and sales of the drug in order to adjust the production plan. Especially for special drugs or banned drugs management is more important.
