The change is part of an update by the Food and Drug Administration to standardise the drug codes used to identify medicines in the US.

The guidance describes procedures for obtaining an additional National Drug Code for prescription drugs imported into the United States. On Dec. 18, 2019, FDA published draft guidance that details the ...

A recent analysis found that 9000 marketed drugs are not in FDA's National Drug Code Directory. The US Food and Drug Administration needs an effective system for registering and tracking ...