Lilly bar-coding plans

FDA expects manufacturers will comply with bar coding proposed regulation before the rule takes effect. "Manufacturers, I think, are going to end up complying with this fairly quickly," Commissioner McClellan tells analysts. "We heard from Lilly, for example, earlier this month who said that they think the vast majority of their products will have bar codes by the end of the year." FDA published the proposed rule March 14; the agency expects to issues a final rule by year-end followed by a three-year implementation period (1"The Pink Sheet" March 17, p. 10)...