The goal of the legislation is to create an electronic, interoperable system for tracing drug distribution, according to the report. Written feedback on the bill draft is due Friday to drugdistributionsecurity@help.senate.gov.
The committee will issue a separate proposal on compounding pharmacy safety next week, according to the report.
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