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Product Identifiers under the Drug Supply Chain Security Act - Questions and Answers: Guidance for Industry

FinalCenter for Drug Evaluation and Research Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research06/03/2021

Description

This guidance is intended to address anticipated questions regarding product identifiers that are required under section 582 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) (21 U.S.C. 360eee-1), as added by the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) (Title II of Public Law 113-54), for packages and homogenous cases of certain drug products. , , , Section 582(b)(2) and (e)(2) require manufacturers and repackagers, respectively, to affix or imprint a product identifier to each package and homogenous case of a product intended to be introduced in a transaction in(to) commerce beginning November 27, 2017, and November 27, 2018, respectively. This guidance is intended to clarify FDA’s interpretation of both these requirements, including as they relate to the linear barcode requirements under 21 CFR 201.25.

Scope & Applicability

Product Classes

4
Prescription Drug

Early-phase randomized, double-blind, parallel assignment clinical study

Biological Drug Product

Regulated by CDER and CBER

homogenous case

Unit of product composed of multiple packages

Human cells, tissues, and cellular and tissue-based products

HCT/Ps may use alternatively formatted NDC

Stakeholders

4
Manufacturer

Entity responsible for submitting NDINs

Repackager

Trading partner required to have verification systems; Trading partner required to have verification systems in place.; Trading partner required to validate transaction history and verify product identifiers; must quarantine illegitimate product; receives returned product that it intends to further distribute

Dispenser

Trading partner required to have verification systems; Trading partner required to have verification systems in place.; Trading partner such as a pharmacy required to verify at least 3 packages or 10 percent of suspect product; must identify and quarantine illegitimate product; may return product, saleable and non-saleable, to the trading partner

wholesale distributor

Entity required to verify saleable returned product.; Required to verify product identifier for saleable returned product

Regulatory Context

Attributes

2
expiration date

Required label element for outsourcing facilities

Smallest individual saleable unit

Determines the level of packaging requiring a product identifier

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