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Drug Pedigree Mandate Could Be Expensive
Introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Steve Buyer (R-Ind.) and Jim Matheson (D-Utah), HR 5839 would require the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to generate a unified pedigree standard that companies would then need to use to track
and trace pharmaceuticals as they traverse the supply chain.
RFID Chip Connects Patient To Personal Health Record
Health Link requires implanting program participants with a tiny microchip (similar in size to a grain of rice) just under
the skin in the rear upper portion of the right arm.
The Health Link microchip contains a 16-digit identification number that, when scanned by a Health Link hand held electronic
reader, provides a secure link to a private, online database that reveals the patient's personal health records and emergency
contact information.
VeriChip Markets Its Implantable RFID Tags and Services Direct to Consumers
The company has launched a three-month advertising campaign for its newly rebranded Health Link system, and hopes to convince
1,000 South Floridians to get injected with rice-grain-sized transponders linked to health records.
UK Charity Backs Tags for Dementia Sufferers
The UK's Alzheimer's Society has backed the electronic tagging of dementia sufferers to "empower patients by allowing
them to wander", the Telegraph reports.
Alzheimer's Patients Lining Up for Microchip
Up to 200 Alzheimer's patients living near Palm Beach, Fla., will be implanted with the VeriChip for free in the next week.
Medical Science Aims to Microchip You
Toronto critical-care surgeon Dr. Talat Chughtai said that saving lives "trumps everything else."
"For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it." -
Jesus
Matthew Chapter 16 verse 25
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