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HDA Survey Offers Some Troubling DSCSA Prep Results

With just two years left to meet the Nov. 2023 DSCSA requirements, a readiness survey shows that there is much work to be done in drug supply chain traceability. 57% of manufacturers surveyed have no successful data connections in production environments.

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Experts continue to sound the alarm on DSCSA compliance progress in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, with implementing GS1 Electronic Product Code Information Services (EPCIS), as well as trading partner plans for exchanging data. The upcoming November 27, 2023 DSCSA compliance date requires transaction data with product identifiers to be provided with physical product.

As Jeff Falardeau, manager, pharmaceutical information technology at Cardinal Health, said at the Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA) 2021 Traceability Webinar Series, “…we're just really concerned about the runway left and the number of manufacturers that still need to jump in the pool here and start testing with us before 2023.”


Watch video   Watch this video on exchanging data EPCIS files.

HDA’s Research Foundation released its inaugural report, EPCIS Implementation Benchmarking Survey, enlightening industry trading partners on the status of successful data connections, defined as “[connections that are] fully integrated and working in a production environment,” and perceived obstacles to implementation. 

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