Genuine medicine?: Why safeguarding the pharmaceutical supply chain from counterfeit drugs with RFID is vital for protecting public health and the health of the pharmaceutical industry

Competitiveness Review

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 206-216

  Wyld, David C ^a  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Counterfeiting; Drug controls; Identification; Radiofrequencies; Supply chain management; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349544519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20513143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10595420810905984     Document Type: Article

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