title: Pharmaceutical counterfeiting and the RFID technology intervention.
abstract: Both nationally and internationally, pharmaceutical counterfeiting has become a problem that is threatening economic stability and public health. The purpose of the present research study review was to analyze the scope and severity of pharmaceutical counterfeiting and to establish if the implantation of the Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) model can more efficiently be used within the pharmaceutical supply chain to reduce the problem counterfeit drugs impose on public health and international economic stability. Results indicated that implementing the RFID model for tracking drugs at the item level in the pharmaceutical supply chain has potential to alleviate the scope of the counterfeit drug problem. Recommendations for how the pharmaceutical industry may sooner adopt the RFID model are made.
authors.affiliation: Lewis College of Business, Marshall University Graduate College, Charleston, West Virginia 25303, USA. coustassehen@marshall.edu
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coustasse
authors.forename: Cody
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arvidson
authors.forename: Phil
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rutsohn
mesh_terms: D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D003415:Crime / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000592:standards* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D057233:Radio Frequency Identification Device; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations