April 2009

The information conveyed about new products has critical downstream implications which affect the appropriate receiving, handling and storage at the distributor’s facility and farther along the healthcare supply chain. With input from its members, HDMA has developed a standardized format for the information about new pharmaceutical products. 

Updated from previous versions, this two-page form has been recently expanded to include additional, more specific, special handling, storage, and temperature requirements that align with US Pharmacopeia ranges as well as a reorganized section about shipping information for hazardous materials and dangerous goods. It also provides space to indicate whether a drug product has special regulations or returns requirements in certain states.

The new form has additional space in previously limited fields, and is now available in Excel format (.xls and .xlsx) as well as in writable .pdf format.   

For information about the form, please contact Marjorie DePuy at mdepuy@hdmanet.org or 703-885-0283.