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Drug company tracking HIV

Posted in Random, Stupid, Tech by Derek at 3:00 pm
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RFID. I can’t wait for this technology to explode in the consumer sector as anything from cereal boxes to that mis-matched pair of socks makes it’s location known using RFID. Are you sitting on the edge of your seat yet!

GlaxoSmithKline has begun to apply RFID technology to all bottles of their HIV treatment, Trizivir (Tablets and Capsules, 2006). Trizivir combines three drugs used to fight HIV, the deadly virus that undermines the immune system, leaving the body ever more vulnerable to infection, and eventually leading to AIDS. The components of Trizivir are all members of the category of HIV drugs known as nucleoside analogs:

Drug companies are already tagging HIV medication.

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