News & Updates

Smith Drug Company, Div. J M Smith Corporation, is the winner of the 2018 Distribution Management Award (DMA) for their implementation of a cloud-based predictive inventory management system (IMS). The DMA is awarded annually to HDA member companies that, through a collaborative partnership, enhance the efficiency, effectiveness and safety of the supply chain. Recipients must demonstrate measurable gains in productivity and reduction in costs in addition to implementing innovative technology, processes or programs across trading partners.

HDMA members went to Capitol Hill on February 5 to educate members of Congress on the role of pharmaceutical distributors in combatting prescription drug abuse. Participants of HDMA’s 2014 Hill Day shared with legislators and staff that HDMA and its primary pharmaceutical distributor members are committed to being part of the solution and working collaboratively to address the country’s prescription drug abuse epidemic.