VP Andrew Strauch Examines the Consequences of Inadequate Physical Security for RFID Tags within Pharmaceutical Supply Chains

WASHINGTON, D.C.--MIKOH Corporation (ASX: MIK), a leading company focused on ensuring the physical security of RFID tags, is set to address the current hole in RFID at LogiPharma 2007. MIKOH’s Andrew Strauch, vice president of product marketing and management, will present a featured session entitled “The Hole in RFID Security: Preventing Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Loss” at the show.

WHO: Andrew Strauch, Vice President, Product Marketing & Management

WHAT: The Hole in RFID Security / LogiPharma 2007 Presentation

WHERE: Lowes Philadelphia Hotel – Philadelphia, PA

WHEN: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 at 3:05 p.m. EDT

WHY: The pharmaceutical industry is under fire, facing FDA and e-pedigree regulatory demands to safeguard against supply chain tampering, theft and fraud. According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the industry loses $32 billion each year to counterfeiting alone. While RFID is promising, a physical security hole must be addressed.

• RFID can actually disguise theft and counterfeiting.
• Conventional RFID tags can easily be moved from one item to another without affecting the RFID function.
• Nothing prevents someone from opening a shipping carton, removing all RFID tags and placing them on counterfeit items.
• It’s even easier to remove the RFID tags and leave them in the empty carton.

Join Andrew Strauch in a discussion on securing RFID within the supply chain. He addresses the physical security hole by outlining application possibilities of tamper-evident RFID technologies. MIKOH guests can register with code 10352.002XQW48 to receive a 25 percent discount.

LogiPharma 2007 presents three days of useful knowledge sharing and idea exchange on the challenges and issues surrounding pharmaceutical supply chain management. The educational forum gathers supply chain professionals in the industry who are open to new strategies and learning about new technologies that can contribute to supply chain sustainability and cost-efficiency.

About MIKOH

MIKOH Corporation is a leading producer of security and digital marking products, specializing in ensuring the physical security of RFID tags. The physical security of RFID tags is increasingly being recognized as vital in most applications in this emerging industry. For RFID end users who need to protect materials, documents or merchandise from security compromises and commercial loss, MIKOH’s tamper-evident RFID technology is flexible, scalable and easily integrates into any RFID system.

MIKOH conceives unique security approaches, researches and develops proprietary technologies to support these approaches, patents and prototypes the technologies, integrates the technologies with other security components, and then embeds these components in commercial and government products. The company has offices in Melbourne and Sydney in Australia, and McLean, VA, and New York, NY, in the USA. For more information, visit the company's website at www.MIKOH.com.