What Is DSCSA? 5 Requirements For Pharmacy Compliance

Randy Hoggle

By J. Randall Hoggle, B.Pharm., D.Ph., M.B.A., Managing Director, Advasur, LLC

I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO RECOGNIZE THE WEIGHTED responsibility you have as a pharmacist, that until the DSCSA compliance federal mandate, you did not shoulder, but do now. This is the first of a series of articles on DSCSA.

What Is DSCSA?

The Drug Quality and Security Act (DQSA) contains two titles: Title I, which relates to compounding pharmacy practice, and Title II, the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA), which relates to the noncompounded prescription products that make up most of your practice. DQSA and its Title II, DSCSA, were enacted into law to reduce the counterfeit drug rate in the United States, estimated still to be greater than 2%.