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Track and Trace: Not Hide and Seek
OVERVIEW
In the rst three chapters, we focused on Title I: Compounding Quality
Act of the Drug Quality and Security Act. In this chapter, we review
TitleII: Drug Supply Chain Security Act (sometimes called the track and
trace part of the law). Eorts are underway to plan the necessary steps
to build an electronic system to identify and trace prescription drugs as
they are distributed in the United States. As I was writing this book, the
targeted completion for this system was November 27, 2024, or 10 years
from the signing of the H.R. 3204 bill into law and the enactment of the
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