Controlled Substance Compliance & Shipping Community

Our Community of Experts provides improved understanding of controlled substances and cross-border shipping legislation worldwide.

This Community brings together experts to discuss and work on current controlled substance and shipping issues. In the past, the group has facilitated the creation of systems that are used today by governments and top pharma companies to look up the controlled status of a chemical structure across multiple countries and for alerts on new legislation.

Controlled Substance Compliance:

High levels of compliance are vital to the credibility of and public trust in life science R&D. Enhancing community members’ knowledge supports the goal of our industry – improving the health outcomes of all.

Controlled substance legislation has changed rapidly in recent years as legislators respond to the issues and concerns in society. For example, enhanced suspicious order monitoring requirements in response to the opioid epidemic, and ‘super generic’ definitions in response to the rapid increase in synthetic cannabinoid analogs in the mid-2010s. Remaining compliant in this environment is an ever-growing challenge, and consequences for breaches are severe.

Shipping:

Cross-Border Shipping legislation is also a very dynamic environment and ties in very closely with aspects of Controlled Substance logistics. Since the start of the pandemic there have been many additional challenges in moving Pharmaceutical R&D materials. Our members must ensure shipments are fully compliant with all national and international requirements. There is no leeway in making mistakes as delayed or rejected shipments could have a tremendous negative impact on pharmaceutical development timelines.

Who Should Get Involved?

  • Controlled substance compliance experts
  • Shipping and dangerous goods experts
  • Customs and import/export experts

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Achieve more, together. Build your expertise through our member-driven projects, communities and educational events.

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Our Community Partners

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  • GSK logo
  • Merck logo
  • Novartis logo
  • Pfizer logo
  • Scitegrity logo
  • Abbvie logo
  • Astrazeneca Logo
  • Bayer logo
  • Johnson and Johnson logo
  • Novo Nordisk logo
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October 2 & 3, 2025

The 1st European Controlled Substance Compliance & Shipping Conference

Novartis Campus, Basel, Switzerland

Speakers from: INCB, EUDA, Swissmedic, Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Clarivate, Novartis, Pfizer, Scitegrity, Chemaxon, and other companies.

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