Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

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wholesale distributors, reverse distributors have their own “big three.”

e big three reverse distributors are GENCO, Inmar, and Stericycle. ey

have rich histories and oer a wide variety of returns services. e Drug

Quality and Security Act largely ignores returns. However, we review how

Title II of the Drug Quality and Security Act, through its mandated prod-

uct identiers and product tracking, provides a wonderful opportunity

for pharmaceutical drug companies to determine the why behind returns.

We show the connection between the why behind the returns and how to

lower the cost of returns through adjustments in the forward supply chain.

Chapter 8 covers the “lettered” government agencies. ere are sev-

eral agencies t ...