Unique device identifiers
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The Healthcare Supply Chain Standards Coalition is endorsing the global organizational and product identifier systems of the international standards organization GS1. The coalition's oversight committee includes FDA, Abbott, Johnson & Johnson, Cardinal Health and the American Hospital Association, so the endorsement likely means that FDA's independent system for unique device identifiers will rely on GS1's. The agency is currently developing a proposed rule on unique device identifiers