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World Health Day: HDA’s Commitment to a More Sustainable, Resilient Supply Chain
The World Health Organization has estimated that more than 13 million deaths around the globe are due to avoidable environmental causes stemming from climate change. Accordingly, this year’s World Health Day (April 7) theme is “Our Planet, Our Health,” which focuses on the political, social and commercial decisions that affect the environment as a factor in human health. The public and private sectors each can do their part on this front — and HDA believes that healthcare distributors have an important role to play in the health of the planet when it comes to delivering medications sustainably.
Less Than a Year From the DSCSA Deadline, Experts Discuss the Road to Compliance
The Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) has entered its final year of implementation. For the past nine years, HDA has brought together supply chain partners, represented distributors’ insights and expertise with FDA and other regulators, and led educational initiatives aimed at informing and preparing supply chain stakeholders for 2023. At the October Traceability Seminar in Washington, D.C., HDA spoke with several industry experts, who were asked to share insights from across the DSCSA’s legislative and implementation process as part of our Faces of the Supply Chain series. Key highlights from these conversations are captured in this piece.
Two Years To Go: All Hands Required To Meet DSCSA’s 2023 Deadline
The two-year countdown to the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) deadline has begun. This final milestone, in combination with those already completed, will fundamentally change how product and data move together across the healthcare supply chain.
HDA Fosters DSCSA Learning and Collaboration Through Recent Traceability Seminar and New Survey Findings
Since helping secure passage of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) in 2013, HDA has championed industry readiness, stakeholder collaboration and trading partner education around traceability implementation. With the compliance deadline now 13 months away, HDA and the HDA Foundation continued these efforts by hosting the annual Traceability Seminar and releasing the Serialization Readiness Survey and EPCIS Implementation Benchmarking Survey. These educational offerings gauge sector progress toward interoperability and help coalesce supply chain partners to align on critical next steps for compliance.
Latest HDA Videos Highlight Industry Value, Supply Chain Careers
Over the past year, HDA’s Faces of the Supply Chain series has showcased the talented professionals working across the healthcare supply chain. At the most recent Distribution Management Conference, we sat down with 19 industry experts to cover a range of perspectives, including how each person got their start in the sector, what opportunities have made their career rewarding and the important role distributors play in ensuring medical products are delivered whenever and wherever needed. Highlights from these conversations are summarized in this blog.