Solutions are underway to address challenges in code reading, substrates, lighting, validation, and more. By Rick Roszkowski, Senior Director of Marketing, Vision Products Business Unit, Cognex Corp. FDA’s final rule establishing a Unique Device...
An identification standards body speaks out on the draft regulation for medical devices.The Health Industry Business Communications Council (HIBCC; www.HIBCC.org) was originally established in the United States in 1983 to develop bar code...
A national system for pharmaceutical track and trace did not materialize during congressional agreement on "The Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act of 2012." The bill reauthorizes the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA), and...
Pharmaceutical manufacturers that have been hoping for a reprieve from e-pedigree requirements will have to jump into the game in 2013, if California’s deadlines for product serialization hold, as most observers believe they will.Companies can...
You can serialize every package your line generates—cost-effectively Serialized codes created by CounterFight can be verified by cell phone.Giving each item a unique identifier seems like a lot of work and money. Some brand-protection experts...
Stakeholders should take action before electronic pedigree infrastructure emerges.By Steve WoodPresident and CEO, CovectraOver the last few years, prescription drug diversion and abuse has grown at alarming rates, resulting in an increase in the...
This week marks the two-year anniversary of the publication of FDA’s final Unique Device Identification rule, and with it comes compliance deadlines for the labels and packages of implantable, life-supporting, and life-sustaining devices. FDA did...
It is time for pharmaceutical companies and their supply-chain partners—including their contract manufacturing and packaging partners—to establish all expectations for serialization projects and begin. By Graham Clark, TraceLinkIn response to...