US authorities will soon have a new system capable of tracking drugs from the factory floor to the pharmacy shelf after the Senate passed the “Drug Quality and Security Bill” last night.
US Senators will debate pharmaceutical track and trace legislation later today in a session that could have a dramatic impact on how drug supply chains in the country are monitored.
A new bipartisan draft bill released by four US senators late last week seeks to establish a lot-level electronic system to track pharmaceutical products and further secure the US supply chain.
The FDA needs additional powers to update its “antiquated, domestically-focused statute” and end the “competitive advantage of non-compliance”, an agency official said.
The repercussions of America's foreign policy on science research
were partially addressed this week as the Senate looked to top up
the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) 2008 budget by $400m.
