Cdex, Inc. (fka CDEX)

[paige]

Thought this was interesting....Financially realistic and technologicaly Feasible...hmmmmmmmmm

CDEX Testimony for the Maryland House of Delegates
House Bill 1190 Prescription Drug Safety Act

"However, there is a financially realistic and technologically feasible method for identifying counterfeit medications and ensuring the safety of U.S. consumers. That method is product authentication, and it is being implemented today in some locations."

http://www.cdex-inc.com/MDbill1190.html

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HB 1190 Status as of February 15, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Prescription Drug Safety Act
House: Health and Government Operations (Heard: March 9, 2006, 1:00 p.m.)

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The drugstores say that initial expectations that technologies such as radiofrequency identification (RFID) would make compliance easier have proved unfounded, because the cost of the technology has not fallen as far as hoped.

The Act has already resulted in a one-third reduction in the number of pharmaceutical wholesalers in Florida to 966 from over 1,400, according to a report in the Tampa-based St Petersburg Times newspaper.

The retailers are receiving short shrift from Florida's Attorney General Charlie Crist and officials at the state's drug control office, who believe it is essential to have the system in place at the retail level. Pharmacies are another entry point for fake drugs, they claim.

Currently 31 of the most-often counterfeited drugs sold in Florida are tracked all the way from manufacturer to pharmacy. The law requires that all drugs be tracked starting July 1, 2006.


http://www.in-pharmatechnologist.com/news/ng.asp?id=58684-florida-drugstores-resist


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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3374/is_10_27/ai_n15338803

Florida's drug pedigree law, which goes into full effect next July, marked the beginning of a new and tougher climate for pharmaceutical retailers and wholesalers. With the passage of the Prescription Drug Safety Act, the state was the first to require a complete pedigree of each drug. In the months since it was signed into law, other states--including Indiana, Texas, California, Connecticut and Nevada--have passed or are nearing passage of similar legislation



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http://www.drugtopics.com/drugtopics/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=163714

California requires electronic pedigree tracking for all drugs sold in the state effective Jan. 1, 2007. Pedigrees are now required for the 34 top-selling drugs in Florida; all other drugs come under that law as of July 2006. Nevada requires pedigrees for all drugs sold in the state.