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  HDA reviews key priority issues and advocates on behalf of its pharmaceutical distributor members for standards, public policies and business processes that ensure a safe and efficient supply chain.
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  HDA regularly brings members and key healthcare supply chain stakeholders together to share industry information, learn about best practices, and be introduced to new products and services.
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  HDA and the HDA Research Foundation produce a variety of resources to enhance the value of the supply chain and increase industry knowledge.

Understanding Our Role in the Supply Chain

Pharmaceutical distributors ensure the safe, secure and efficient delivery of medicines to pharmacies, hospitals and long-term care facilities, among others.

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AAOA Celebrates One Year

HDA-convened coalition continues to raise awareness of prescription opioid safe use, storage and disposal.

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Distribution Management Conference and Expo

Join us March 10-13, 2019, in Palm Desert, Calif.

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Origin: HDA Product Data Source

Now available, Origin is a high-powered GTIN repository service designed to facilitate DSCSA compliance.

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FEATURED UPCOMING EVENTS

2019 Distribution Management Conference and Expo

March 10 to 13, 2019 | JW Marriott Desert Springs, Palm Desert, Calif.

The Distribution Management Conference (DMC) and Expo is HDA's largest supply chain education event, attended by 500 manufacturers, distributors, consultants and third parties who keep the pharmaceutical...

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Established in 1841, Morris & Dickson Co., LLC., is a wholesale pharmaceutical distributor, with headquarters in Shreveport, La. It is a closely held corporation owned and operated by the Dickson family for five generations.

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IN THE NEWS

February 13, 2019

AAOA Celebrates First Year of Working with Partners to Address the Opioid Epidemic Through Education

December 18, 2018

HDA Research Foundation Specialty Pharmaceutical Analysis Highlights Distributor Efficiencies Amid Evolving Market Dynamics

December 11, 2018

HDA Foundation Factbook Provides Data on Industry Operations and Trends

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ISSUES IN DISTRIBUTION

Pharmaceutical Traceability

HDA is now leading industry efforts to implement the 2013 Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) that replaced a 50-state patchwork of pedigree requirements with one federal solution to trace prescription...

Prescription Drug Abuse and Diversion

HDA and our primary pharmaceutical distributor members are committed to bringing industry and government together to tackle our nation’s complex prescription drug abuse and diversion epidemic, a serious...

Importation of Prescription Medicines

HDA opposes permitting the importation into the U.S. of pharmaceuticals sold or designated for sale in foreign countries. HDA firmly believes that allowing importation increases the likelihood of counterfeit...

Taxes

HDA opposes repeal of the Last in, First Out (LIFO) accounting method and establishment of gross receipts taxes. Healthcare distribution represents a high-volume, low-profit margin business that is impacted...