From: Healthcare Packaging
Eliminating printed professional inserts would put pharmacies at risk, the CEO believes.
By Michelle Maskaly, Editorial Director
The CEO of 3C Packaging, Inc. is urging the FDA to not “eliminate professional inserts and force pharmacies onto a cyber-only system.”
In a blog post published on The Hill, Joe Elphick explains that Congress has previously addressed the issue when they signed the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) and the Drug Quality and Security bill into law last year, which had language that continued to the use of paper inserts, “in addition to—not in lieu of—paper inserts.”
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Acknowledging the fact his company prints, among other things, those professional inserts, he also points to cyber security threats as a major reason why the pharmacies around the country cannot solely rely on sensitive drug information being delivered, and stored solely in cyberspace, even mentioning the National Community Pharmacists Association as an opponent of the move.
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