The ninth year of RxTrace ends on the Fourth of July, 2018. This year has been marked by a resurgence of activity by the FDA aimed at their obligations under the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA). In the last 12 months we have seen the FDA Continue reading RxTrace: Year Nine
Today, the Center For Supply Chain Studies (C4SCS) announced that they are launching a new study called “Blockchain & Metadata”. C4SCS has been studying blockchain applications in the US pharma supply chain for nearly two years—including its potential use to help the industry meet future requirements of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) (see “Could Blockchain Technology Be Used For DSCSA Compliance?”). This newly announced study marks the first time the organization plans to explore applications of blockchain technology without specifically attaching them to pharma, although the subject definitely applies in pharma. Target participants of this study include Continue reading Important New Blockchain Study Launched
This morning the FDA announced their intention to publish the long overdue draft guidance on Drug Supply Chain Security Act waivers, exceptions and exemptions tomorrow. The timing of the publication of this particular draft guidance is critical to the FDA holding their current enforcement deadline for serialization and verification for manufacturers and repackagers. In fact, if they had failed to meet their late May deadline for publication of this particular draft guidance Continue reading FDA To Publish Key Draft Guidance Tomorrow
Dear Blockchain Vendors,It was good to see all of you at last week’s Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) and Blockchain proof of concepts pilots review held by the Center For Supply Chain Studies (C4SCS) in Rockville, MD. I hope your travel home was uneventful. Let me say right at the top, I was in the audience representing Systech International. My co-worker, Joe Lipari partnered with Dwight deVere of RxTransparent as the Green Team. RxTrace is independent of Systech International. That said, as the author of RxTrace, I have some helpful advice for you. Continue reading An Open Letter To Blockchain Vendors: Please Pay More Attention
Companies are spending hundreds of millions of dollars, euros, rupees and rubles getting ready to comply with serialization regulatory mandates around the world. Deadlines are fast approaching in the US and the EU and they are already passed in India, South Korea, Argentina and Turkey. What companies are looking for next is how to extract some value beyond just complying with government mandates. Just about every solution provider offering serialization components and solutions out there has at least one product or service that is aimed squarely at this type of need. What we need to do is get these people together: those who are looking, and those who have the solutions.
Cognizant, a management consulting company, has written a very nice 11-page white paper exploring value beyond compliance. Continue reading Sponsored: Extracting Value Beyond Compliance From Serialization
Last week the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published their second report on the experience of selected members of the pharma supply chain with the exchange of drug product tracing information as required by the DSCSA. This one was aimed at dispensers. The one published last fall was aimed at wholesale distributors. As you know, starting in January 1, 2015 (delayed until May 1, 2015), pharmaceutical wholesale distributors have been required to pass to their customers for non-exempt prescription drug shipments, and retain for six years, transaction documents (TI, TH and TS). Since July 1, 2015 (delayed until March 1, 2016), dispensers have been required to receive and store these Continue reading DSCSA: OIG Report Exposes Likely Enforcement Approach
I just helped IQPC update their printable global pharma serialization regulation map. Get a copy here. Things change around the world pretty often so it’s important to update resources like this frequently. The information for most of the existing countries was updated and I added a few new countries. It’s a great resource to print and pin up on your office wall, or the company bulletin board to keep everyone focused on the approaching deadlines around the world. And it looks great too! Continue reading Newly Updated Global Serialization Regulation Map
The IQPC PharmaTrace Summit will be held on June 4-6 in Princeton, NJ. In preparation for the event, IQPC asked four industry veterans to respond to a set of forward-looking questions to get a glimpse of the future of serialization and track & trace in the US pharma supply chain. The four include: Continue reading Sponsored: Interview With Four Pharma Supply Chain Thought Leaders
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