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Commentary|Podcasts|May 17, 2024
Overcoming Supply Chain Challenges
Author(s)Nicholas Saraceno, Senior Editor
Chip Davis recaps the organization’s Distribution Management Conference and addresses distributors’ preparedness for DSCSA implementation.
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In this exclusive PC Podcast interview, Chip Davis, president and CEO of the Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA), a national organization that represents primary pharmaceutical distributors, discusses:
- The benefits of the Distribution Management Conference, and the value it provides for the industry
- A three-year check-in since his
last chat with Pharmaceutical Commerce, including a look at how the challenges presented to distributors now differ, and how they are being addressed - Progress that has been made toward full connectivity since the FDA announced a “stabilization period” to finalize implementation of the DSCSA before November 2024, along with some of the most significant issues for trading partners
- Some of the root causes of drug shortages, and how distributors are work to mitigate them
- Key initiatives and plans that the HDA is focused on for the second half of 2024, and how these will shape the future of the pharmaceutical supply chain.
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