RFID in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Table of Contents

• Scope and Methodology
• Size and Growth of the Market
• Customer Segments
• Cost of RFID Deployment
• Industry Initiatives to Promote the Adoption of RFID in Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals

• Configurations of RFID Systems
• Parameters for Distinguishing RFID Systems
• Classification of RFID Systems
• Classification of RFID Systems on the Basis of Performance
• Classification of RFID Systems on the Basis of their Range
• Classification of RFID Systems on the Basis of Auto ID Centre
• Security Aspects and Possible Attacks on RFID Systems RFID Infrastructure
• Key Benefits of RFID in Healthcare
• Applications of RFID in the Pharmaceutical Industry
• Need for RFID in Pharmaceutical Industry
• RFID Benefits for the Pharmaceutical Industry
• RFID Application Areas
• Drivers
• Challenges
• Application of Identification Technologies
• Anti-Counterfeiting Applications for RFID in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
• Pfizer' s SupplyScape E-Pedigree System
• Pharmaceutical Company Case Study
• Background
• Solution - Executing the Pilot
• System and Technology
• Future
• Pharmaceutical Distributor Case Study
• Worldwide Implementation of RFID with Pharmaceuticals Jena Hospital
• EU Project
• St. Clair Hospital
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Refrigerated Drug Cabinets
• Partners Develop E-Pedigree Solutions for Pharmaceutical Companies
• Cardinal Health and California' s Drug Pedigree Law
• Faster and More Accurate Shipping Methods

• Global Counterfeiting
• World Counterfeiting Issues
• World Health Organization (WHO) and Counterfeit Medicines
• Regional Comparisons and Online Counterfeits
• Internet sales
• Improvements to Shipment Accuracy
• Regulatory Compliance
• Electronic Pedigree and the NABP
• Return on Investment (ROI)
• Estimated ROI for Pharmaceutical Industry
• Improved Inventory Control
• Prescription Sample Control and RFID
• Health and Safety Concerns
• Effects on Blood Products
• Clinical Trials
• Uniform Standards
• Developers Answer to Uniform Standards
• Smaller, Faster Chips
• Privacy Concerns
• Signal Transmissions
• Existing Technologies

• Overview
• US Pharmaceutical RFID Market Size and Forecast
• Industry Voices
• Cost of RFID Deployment
• Implementing RFID
• Industry Initiatives to Promote the Adoption of RFID in Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals

• RFID Infrastructure Deployment
• Implementing RFID in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
• Scaling from Pilot to Implementation Stage
• Cost of RFID Infrastructure Deployment

• Introduction
• Alien Technology
• Blue Vector
• Hewlett-Packard
• International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation
• Intermec, Inc.
• Motorola, Inc.
• SupplyScape
• Tagsys, Inc.
• Toshiba TEC
• Zebra Technologies Corporation

APPENDIX A: REGULATORY AUTHORITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS

APPENDIX B: LIST OF COMPANIES

• Table 1-1: Market for RFID Applications in the US Pharmaceutical Industry
• Figure 1-1: Market for RFID Applications in the US Pharmaceutical Industry
• Table 1-2: Major RFID Benefits for Users

• Figure 2-1: Parameters for Distinguishing RFID Systems
• Table 2-1: Classification of Radio Frequency in Terms of Performance Parameters
• Table 2-2: Applications of RFID with Different Ranges
• Table 2-3: Comparison of Active and Passive RFID in Terms of Different Performance Parameters
• Figure 2-2: Parameters for Classification of RFID Systems
• Table 2-4: Auto ID Centre Classification of RFID Systems
• Table 2-5: Types of Attacks on RFID Systems and their Countermeasures
• Figure 2-3: Classification of RFID Tags
• Figure 2-4: Value Chain of the RFID Industry
• Table 2-6: Select Identification Technologies Compared on Different Parameters
• Table 2-7: Key Differences between Bar Codes and RFID
• Table 2-8: Vertical-wise Application and Benefits of RFID
• Figure 2-6: Classification of Identification Technologies Applications
• Figure 2-7: Example of a Comprehensive Track-and-Trace Process

• Table 3-2: NABP Recommendations Regarding Information to Include in an E-Pedigree System
• Table 3-3: Estimated Return on Investment (millions) for the Implementation of RFID - Typical Large Pharmaceutical Manufacturer
• Figure 3-1: Estimated Return on Investment (millions) for the Implementation of RFID - Typical Large Pharmaceutical Manufacturer
• Table 3-4: Estimated Return on Investment (millions) for the Implementation of RFID - Typical Large Pharmaceutical Distributor
• Figure 3-2: Estimated Return on Investment (millions) for the Implementation of RFID - Typical Large Pharmaceutical Distributor ($millions)

• Table 4-1: World RFID Market
• Figure 4-1: Worldwide Market for RFID
• Table 4-2: Market for RFID Applications in the US Pharmaceutical Industry
• Figure 4-2: Market for RFID Applications in the US Pharmaceutical Industry
• Figure 4-3: Composite Figure - Global Market for RFID with Segmented US RFID Market in Healthcare and the US Pharmaceutical RFID Market
• Figure 4-4: Cost of Implementation of RFID (2004 and 2008)

• Table 5-1: Planning and Implementing RFID Systems
• Figure 5-1: RFID Implementation - Time Taken for Various Stages
• Table 5-2: Phase-wise Proposed Deployment of RFID in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain