Dueling draft bills address tracking of pharmaceuticals.

The article reports on the draft legislation which was released by U.S. Congress in April 2013, which would create federal standards for monitoring pharmaceuticals that are distributed in the market. A federal track-and-trace electronic system for drug distribution will be implemented, according to Janet Woodcock, chief of drugs division of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The version from the House of Representatives included an improvement of the security of this distribution.