Our STAT Op-Ed: Drug Importation Can’t Coexist with U.S. Track-and-Trace Law — DrugChannels.net

State drug importation laws undermine the process that keeps our supply chain safe

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Read the full text of the Op-Ed: Our STAT Op-Ed: Drug Importation Can’t Coexist with U.S. Track-and-Trace Law — DrugChannels.net

From the Op-Ed:

“As we see it, there is no legal or operational way of transforming a drug packaged for a foreign market into a drug that meets the U.S. requirements of our in-progress track-and-trace system. What’s more, there is no way to alter the law to enable importation without undermining the law’s purpose and value. …

Importation laws undermine the country’s progress in building a modern technology infrastructure to track and trace prescription drugs. Making exceptions to the in-progress track-and-trace system would ignore the many instances of drug diversion and counterfeiting that led to the creation and passage of the law in 2013.”

The Op-Ed covers the following areas:

• State drug importation laws undermine the process that keeps our supply chain safe
• Why the U.S. is building a track-and-trace system
• How track-and-trace works
• Importation undermines the track-and-trace system
• Importation enables counterfeits
• Forgetting the lessons

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Originally published at https://dreusa.blogspot.com/2019/07/our-stat-op-ed-drug-importation-cant.html

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