Table V.3

Table V.3: The Number of States That Reported Having Entered into a Long-Term Drug Compounding Information Sharing Agreement with FDA, and How These States Rated the Effectiveness of the Agreement for Sharing Information Regarding Drug Compounding
Number of states (%)					How states that reported having a 20.88 agreement rated the effectiveness of this agreement for sharing information regarding drug compounding
Yes, our office has entered into a 20.88 agreement with FDA^a	Yes, another state agency, office, or department has entered into a 20.88 agreement with FDA^a	No	Don't know	No response	Very or somewhat effective	Neither effective nor ineffective	Somewhat or very ineffective	Don't know	No response
10 (20)	1 (2)	25 (50)	12 (24)	2 (4)	8	2	0	0	1

^{Source: GAO survey of state pharmacy regulatory bodies, survey question 31. | GAO-17-363SP}

Notes: GAO surveyed the state pharmacy regulatory bodies in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and all but 4 completed the survey.

^aThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can share certain nonpublic information, including confidential commercial information, with state and local officials under a written confidentiality agreement entered into under its regulations at 21 C.F.R 20.88 (referred to as a 20.88 agreement).