Updated House Track-And-Trace Draft Bill Would Require Unit-level Tracking – Or Would It?
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Authors of draft legislation slated for May 8 subcommittee markup add requirement for FDA rules on an interoperable electronic tracking system at the package level, but without a date for final rules and a 14-year wait for proposed regs.
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