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New Tags Aim at Stopping Drug Counterfeiters

The Food and Drug Administration and several major drug makers announce an anti-fraud initiative to put tiny radio tags into the labels of wholesale pill bottles supplied to pharmacies. NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports.

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Snigdha Prakash
Pieces by National Desk reporter Snigdha Prakash can be heard on NPR's All Things Considered and Morning Edition. The majority of Snigdha's past reports have focused on topics related to entrepreneurship, business, banking and the economy.

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