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India Posts New Deadlines (Again) For Serialization Of Drug Exports


Right now we are waiting for major new announcements regarding serialization and tracing requirements in the United States (4 overdue FDA guidance documents), the European Union (final publication of the Delegate Act related to the Falsified Medicines Act), Brazil (major redesign of their regulation), and Russia (first official publication of their regulation).  But last week, the India Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) published a new public notice containing details of the “Implementation of the Track and Trace System for Export of Pharmaceuticals and Drug Consignments”.  These details are for drugs made in India but exported to other markets. Continue reading India Posts New Deadlines (Again) For Serialization Of Drug Exports

India’s Pharma Export Serialization Deadlines: April Fools!

animated ashok chakraOn May 22nd, 2015, India’s Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) quietly published Public Notice #13 with the subject “Implementation of the Track and Trace system export of drug formulations”.  It was an amended version of Public Notice #4, dated April 1, 2015 with a similar subject.   Get it?  April Fools!

I have to admit, I fell for it.  Did you? Continue reading India’s Pharma Export Serialization Deadlines: April Fools!