[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 76 (Friday, April 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 23595]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-09290]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration


Importer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Registration; GE 
Healthcare

    By Notice dated January 31, 2013, and published in the Federal 
Register on February 6, 2013, 78 FR 8583, GE Healthcare, 3350 North 
Ridge Avenue, Arlington Heights, Illinois 60004-1412, made application 
by renewal to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to be 
registered as an importer of Cocaine (9041), a basic class of 
controlled substance listed in schedule II.
    The company plans to import small quantities of ioflupane, in the 
form of three separate analogues of Cocaine, to validate production and 
quality control systems, for a reference standard, and for producing 
material for a future investigational new drug (IND) submission.
    No comments or objections have been received. DEA has considered 
the factors in 21 U.S.C. 823(a) and 952(a) and determined that the 
registration of GE Healthcare to import the basic class of controlled 
substance is consistent with the public interest and with United States 
obligations under international treaties, conventions, or protocols in 
effect on May 1, 1971. DEA has investigated GE Healthcare to ensure 
that the company's registration is consistent with the public interest. 
The investigation has included inspection and testing of the company's 
physical security systems, verification of the company's compliance 
with state and local laws, and a review of the company's background and 
history. Therefore, pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 952(a) and 958(a), and in 
accordance with 21 CFR 1301.34, the above named company is granted 
registration as an importer of the basic class of controlled substance 
listed.

    Dated: April 10, 2013.
Joseph T. Rannazzisi,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug 
Enforcement Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-09290 Filed 4-18-13; 8:45 am]
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