Document ID: EPA-HQ-RCRA-2007-0932-0194
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2015-09-25T04:00Z

Notes from Meeting with HDMA
                                       
                                       
Attended by:
HDMA Staff:	Allison Tuszynski and Anita Ducca

Other Staff:	Tish Pahl, OFW Law
		Bob Fensterheim, RegNet Environmental Services

EPA Staff:	Mary Jackson and Kristin Fitzgerald

Date:	January 7, 2014

EPA met with representatives from the Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA), their outside counsel and consultant.   They discussed their members' roles in the distribution and reverse distribution of pharmaceuticals.  They also discussed the recently enacted law, the Drug Quality and Security Act (DQSA).  They indicated that in 2010, approximately 2% of pharmaceuticals are returned to reverse distributors.