Determination of System Attributes for the Tracking and Tracing of Prescription Drugs; Reopening of the Comment Period

Résumé

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reopening the comment period for the notice of public workshop published in the Federal Register of January 7, 2011 (76 FR 1182). In that notice, FDA announced a public workshop that took place on February 15 and 16, 2011, and requested public comment regarding the topics discussed at the workshop on determining system attributes for tracking and tracing prescription drugs. The workshop provided a forum for discussing possible approaches to developing a track-and-trace system and for obtaining input from supply chain partners on potential attributes and standards for the identification, authentication, and tracking and tracing of prescription drug packages. FDA is reopening the comment period to allow additional time for interested persons both to consider all the information provided by the Agency related to the workshop and to submit additional comments.