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All Those “Lettered”
Government Agencies
OVERVIEW
My regional pharmacy manager contact told me that there are so many
government agencies responsible for overseeing the manufacturing, trans-
portation and warehousing, and distribution and dispensing of pharma-
ceutical drugs, it reminds her of the 1951 Abbott and Costello routine
“Who’s on First?” (I was not born yet, but if you have not watched this
routine, I have provided a link to it.
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) Both the routine and sorting out the
agencies in charge are very confusing, to say the least. In this chapter, I try
to give an overview of each agency and how the agency is tasked to enforce
the Drug Q