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Will The FDA Delay The DSCSA?

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More and more people are asking if the FDA will delay the January 1, 2015 requirements of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA).  On that day, drug manufacturers, repackagers and wholesale distributors must begin exchanging Transaction Information (TI), Transaction History (TH) and Transaction Statements (TS), (dispensers join them next July) and the FDA is not even due to publish guidance on how to do that until November 27 (see “The Flaw That Must Be Addressed in H.R. 3204, The Drug Quality and Security Act“).  While they have said they hope to publish that guidance earlier than that date, it still won’t give companies much time to prepare.  So, will they delay it? Continue reading Will The FDA Delay The DSCSA?