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Pharmaceutical Return & Disposal Service for Manufacturers
Through our compliant ExpertSOLUTIONS, Stericycle offers pharmaceutical manufacturers:
- Seamless, reliable pharmaceutical returns management service through Stericycle ExpertRETURN
- High-quality, turnkey pharmaceutical disposal and destruction services through Stericycle ExpertSUSTAINABILITY
Your Expired or Unsalable Products Are Returned With Ease and Efficiency
For manufacturers, Stericycle ExpertRETURN simplifies the complicated process of returning expired and unsalable pharmaceuticals. We manage your returned pharmaceuticals with clarity and confidence. Our ExpertRETURN services are designed to:
- Avoid disruptions in your day-to-day manufacturing activities
- Meticulously account for and locate each pharmaceutical unit with our tracking process
- Fully automated in-house tracking and monitoring of expired and nonperforming inventory, reducing human error and increasing processing efficiencies
- Obtain day-to-day access to analytics
- Free up your sales force for selling products — not managing returns inventory
- Help you identify and solve problems before they lead to potentially damaging recalls
Our Reliable Pharmaceutical Return Service Helps Optimize Your Efficiencies
Stericycle ExpertRETURN provides efficient returns solutions that ensure reliable management of expired or unsalable pharmaceutical products. These ExpertRETURN services include:
- Advanced return policy application systems for accurate reimbursement
- Superior technologies and processes to ensure accuracy and integrity of data
- Access to track and monitor the flow of expired and non-performing inventory throughout the entire process
Our Pharmaceutical Return and Disposal Service Meets Your Manufacturing Needs
We customize our approach to your pharmaceutical returns management based on the needs and strategy of your manufacturing facility and federal regulations, such as those of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In addition to returns services, we offer manufacturers the following pharmaceutical services:
- World-class security in transport of your pharmaceutical wastes
- Climate controlled, video-monitored warehouse to store processed materials
- Hazardous pharmaceutical waste management
- Non-RCRA hazardous pharmaceutical destruction
- Witnessed destruction for controlled (scheduled) substances
- “Burn” reports that provide comprehensive, clear compliance with Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations
- Sustainability programs that support your environmental goals



