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More Thoughts On FDA and ANVISA

More ThoughtsOne of the problems with trying to respond overnight to big announcements made by regulators is that it’s easy to leave something significant out.  And in the ensuing days you find out what you should have included in those original essays.  That’s what happened with my two essays from last week:  “Brazil Suspends Pharma Serialization And Tracing Requirements” and “FDA Posts Wholesale Distributor and 3PL License Database“.

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FDA Posts Wholesale Distributor and 3PL License Database

FDALogoYesterday the U.S. FDA posted the first issue of the wholesale distributor and third-party logistics provider (3PL) database as mandated by the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA).  Through this webpage, you can either download the entire database (in .XLS form), or enter a specific query and then download that result set if desired.  I couldn’t get the result set download to work, so there are obviously some bugs that need to get worked out, but this is still an important step in the implementation of the DSCSA.

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