title: The Pistoia Alliance Controlled Substance Compliance Service Project: from start to finish.
abstract: Pharmaceutical companies and other life science R&D organizations routinely work with controlled substances, and must have adequate controls in place to meet the legislative requirements of the countries in which they operate. Controlled substances include a range of narcotics and psychotropic drugs, which are covered by increasingly complex legislation as legislators attempt to keep up with a rapidly changing environment. This legislation must be interpreted and transformed from legal wording into chemical structures to be used effectively. Over the past year a working party of pharmaceutical and technology companies has come together under the umbrella of the Pistoia Alliance to define a Controlled Substance Compliance Service. We describe the benefits of bringing together this group of experts to solve the pre-competitive issue of controlled substance management.
authors.affiliation: AstraZeneca, Discovery Sciences, Mereside, Alderley Park, Nether Alderley, Cheshire SK10 4TG, UK.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.affiliation: AstraZeneca, UK Safety Health & Environment Team, Mereside, Alderley Park, Nether Alderley, Cheshire SK10 4TG, UK.
authors.forename: Stuart G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Bowden
authors.affiliation: Roche, Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Discovery Technologies, Compound Inventory, Roche Innovation Center Basel Bldg. 069/08 Grenzacherstr. 124, CH-4070 Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Reinhard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Knorr
authors.affiliation: GlaxoSmithKline, R&D EHS Ware, HR Centres of Excellence, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 2NY, UK.
authors.forename: Derek R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.affiliation: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Department of Medicinal Chemistry, 900 Ridgebury Road, PO Box 368, Ridgefield, CT 06877, USA.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Proudfoot
authors.affiliation: The Pistoia Alliance, 401 Edgewater Place, Suite 600, Wakefield, MA 01880, USA. Electronic address: Anne.Dunlop@PistoiaAlliance.org.
authors.forename: Anne E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Dunlop
mesh_terms: D061891:Controlled Substances; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D007221:Industry; D007880:Legislation, Drug; D009294:Narcotics; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D012106:Research
chemical_list: D061891:Controlled Substances; D009294:Narcotics; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs