[Med-privacy] RFID Labels On Prescription Drug Bottles

[Jeff Williams]

All,

 As if perscription drugs were not already overpriced...

and

  Could this be an unecessary intrusion into a persons medical
privacy?  Seems to me anyway that such is at least a possibility...

 FYI,
"The New York Times is reporting that the Food and Drug
Administration and several major drug makers are expected to announce an

agreement Monday to put [1]tiny radio antennas on the labels of millions

of medicine bottles to combat counterfeiting and fraud. RFID labels
provide a unique identifier that is almost impossible to copy. When
pharmacists receive delivery, they should be able to pass a wand over
the
bottles and, through an online database, check the history of each. Each

label costs 20 to 50 cents."

See:  http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/15/health/15drug.html

Regards,
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Jeffrey A. Williams
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