The NY Times reported that the USFDA is now imposing on the long-delayed rule of requiring most wholesalers to track prescription drugs from the factory to the pharmacy which will take effect in December.
Such regulations originated from a 1988 law intended to combat counterfeiting by verifying a drug's pedigree, were originally drafted in 1999. However due to lack of practical methods to perform them, the USFDA placed a stay on the rules.
Now, due to technology development of electronic tracking technology, particularly digital identification tags that can be scanned with radio waves, the agency finds no reason why the rule can’t be followed.
Read more at NY Times.
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