NDC COORDINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION FORUM
For Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs)
You manage complexity across hundreds of supplier relationships. Right now, nobody's helping you manage this incredibly disruptive transition.
FDA's 12-digit NDC format takes effect in 2033, touching contract terms, purchasing systems, and analytics tied to specific NDCs, and almost no current guidance speaks to GPOs directly. The NDC Forum connects GPOs with the manufacturers, distributors, and provider organizations on both sides of the relationships you manage.
The Challenge
GPOs sit at the intersection of manufacturers, distributors, and providers, which means NDC-12 doesn't just affect one relationship you manage, it potentially affects contracting, purchasing workflows, analytics, and reporting across every relationship at once. A misalignment between how a manufacturer and a provider organization each handle the transition becomes a contracting and reporting problem that lands on you.
Contract terms tied to specific NDCs need to resolve correctly across the transition period
Purchasing and reporting systems depend on consistent product identification across every supplier relationship you manage
Analytics and reporting accuracy depend on data that multiple independent organizations are converting on different timelines
How the Forum Helps
Understand how both supplier and provider organizations are preparing, since your position depends on visibility into both sides.
Identify potential impacts to contracting and purchasing operations early, before a mismatch shows up in a reporting cycle.
Participate in cross-sector coordination shaping how the transition affects the relationships you manage.
Connect directly with manufacturers, distributors, and provider organizations already engaged in forum planning.
A Question Nobody's Answering for GPOs Yet
GPOs sit at a genuinely complex intersection of contracting, purchasing, and analytics across dozens or hundreds of supplier relationships, and right now, essentially no NDC-12 guidance exists that speaks to that complexity directly. The industry conversation so far has focused on manufacturers, distributors, and dispensers; GPOs aren't part of it yet.
That's a real gap, not a reassurance. Contract terms tied to specific NDCs, and reporting built on consistent product identification, are exactly the kind of cross-relationship problem nobody is currently helping GPOs think through.
Being early to define what readiness means for a GPO specifically is a real opportunity, not just a defensive necessity.
The Forum is where that conversation can start, before a contracting or reporting mismatch forces it to happen reactively.
You already manage complexity across multiple relationships. Get the visibility to manage this one the same way.
Get Involved
Organizational Membership
Annual Membership
$5,000
per organization
Unlimited participants from your organization
Access to all quarterly forums, strike forces, and other events
Full access to tools, outputs, and shared resources
Per-Participant Access
Virtual
Quarterly Forums
$399
per person
In-Person
Forums
TBD
per person
Attend quarterly forums on a per-person basis, ideal for organizations exploring participation before committing to full membership.
2026 Forum Dates:
September 23
December 8-9
Strike force participation available to organizational members only.