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What: DEA’s 3^rd Annual Supply Chain Conference

Purpose: The conference provides a venue in which representatives from the supply chain industry, their affiliated associations, and DEA can engage in discussions concerning existing federal regulations, issues requiring regulatory changes, clarification of DEA policy, and the development of initiatives to reduce diversion of pharmaceutical controlled substances while ensuring an adequate and uninterrupted supply for a legitimate medical need.

Who: DEA registered manufacturers, distributors, pharmacists, importers, and exporters.

When: April 1 – April 3, 2025

Where: Orlando, Florida (A virtual component will be offered for those who are unable to attend in person).

Topics: DEA is soliciting relevant topics of discussion from registrants. Please email your suggestions to Diversion.Conferences@dea.gov no later than Wednesday, February 19, 2025.

Break Out Sessions: Registrants interested in participating in a breakout session to discuss Quota or Import/Export issues with DEA staff should submit a request to Diversion.Conferences@dea.gov no later than Friday, March 14, 2025.

Please note: There is no fee to attend this conference. To ensure in-person participation is available to all interested registrants, DEA is requesting that no more than 5 persons per DEA registration number plan to attend in-person. Additional participants are welcome to attend virtually. Participants not registering in advance will not be permitted to attend the conference. In the past, there was confusion as to whether private practice attorneys or consulting firms may or may not attend DEA-sponsored conferences for industry. If these individuals or firms represent registrants or their affiliated associations on an "as-needed basis", DEA does not view them as employees of a registrant or an association, but as paid consultants. As such, they are not eligible to attend these types of conferences.

More information will be forthcoming as details are finalized.