Safe Medicine Act This bill authorizes the Food and Drug Administration to temporarily ban the sale of a drug if (1) the drug (or an active ingredient of the drug) is manufactured in a country that, because of systemic problems of supervision, may be producing contaminated drugs; and (2) the drug's labeling does not have certain warnings about potential contamination. The bill also requires the Department of Health and Human Services to report to Congress on vulnerabilities in the U.S. medicine supply chain, including vulnerabilities related to reliance on production from other countries.
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Safe Medicine Act
USA116th CongressHR-5982| House
| Updated: 2/26/2020
Safe Medicine Act This bill authorizes the Food and Drug Administration to temporarily ban the sale of a drug if (1) the drug (or an active ingredient of the drug) is manufactured in a country that, because of systemic problems of supervision, may be producing contaminated drugs; and (2) the drug's labeling does not have certain warnings about potential contamination. The bill also requires the Department of Health and Human Services to report to Congress on vulnerabilities in the U.S. medicine supply chain, including vulnerabilities related to reliance on production from other countries.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAsiaChinaCongressional oversightDrug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulationGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth information and medical recordsHealth technology, devices, suppliesManufacturingPrescription drugsPublic contracts and procurementTrade restrictions