ePedigree: 2011

Off late, the California Board of Pharmacy (CA BoP) sponsored legislation that, among other requirements, compels manufacturers to implement ePedigrees that track each prescription drug at the individual package level as it moves through the supply chain. In 2006, the board further strengthened and clarified some of its ePedigree requirements, and extended the deadline by two years, to give the industry more time to implement the necessary technologies and processes to meet the requirements. According to the director of Clarkston Consulting's commercial compliance solution, pharmaceutical manufacturers need to get serious about their ePedigree and serialization solutions now, or risk missing key opportunities along the way.