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U.S DSCSA
- The FDA published its final guidance on “Verification Systems” for the DSCSA.
- The FDA has released its DSCSA Communication Portal, with instructions for trading partners to confirm their DSCSA role and to manage notifications/requests from the FDA.
- A GS1 US working group provided its non-binding recommendations for managing transition inventory; i.e., implications on further transactions on packs originally received with lot-level T3 that now require pack-level T2.
Brazil
- ANVISA enacted a 90-day public consultation on a governmental workgroup’s “e-Leaflet” approach.
EU FMD
- Belgium: The country’s “Full FMD” implementation is slated to go into effect on the FMD’s five-year anniversary on February 9, 2024.
- Romania: The Government has granted power to the NCA to introduce sanctions for non-FMD compliance.
India
- GS1 Global Healthcare released a discussion paper to recommend a more specific standards-based approach to the “Top 300” brands barcoding requirement for domestic medicines.
Jordan
- The government has delayed its serialization and barcoding requirement to Jan. 1 2024.
- Romania: The Government has granted power to the NCA to introduce sanctions for non-FMD compliance.
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