tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28450497.post-13714064887337838172008-02-08T10:04:00.000-05:002008-02-08T10:04:00.000-05:00Tom,<BR/><BR/>I see your point, but your example (90% CDS, lots of generics) represents a hypothetical, easy-to-spot situation. In practice, the large wholesalers have 10,000 or more active customer accounts placing millions of total orders per year. The challenge comes from sorting the customers and/or orders into three groups:<BR/>1. Non-purchasers, i.e., no diversion<BR/>2. Possible purchase for diversion<BR/>3. Purchase for diversion (your example)<BR/><BR/>While groups 1 & 3 might be easy to spot, there are probably many orders that will fall into a fuzzy middle area. Hence Cardinal’s discussion of software solutions to flag problems.<BR/><BR/>While I agree a supplier should "exercise diligence and caution," I am not aware of formal rules or guidelines to define the *level* of diligence or caution, especially for orders in the fuzzy middle. Perhaps these issues will become clear if we find out exactly what actions (or non-actions) led the DEA to suspend Cardinal's licenses.<BR/><BR/>AAdam J. Feinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15774296048321605590noreply@blogger.com