Drug safety is an important enough topic that I am going to provide another post from the PharmaTech Talk blog that addresses the new Senate legislation proposed to enhance drug safety.
PharmTech Talk » Congress Moves Again on Drug Safety and Quality.
The blog post provides links to the bill, Drug Safety and Accountability Act of 2010, as well as to statements from interested parties like the Society for Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA), the Bulk Pharmaceuticals Task Force (BPTF), and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). SOCMA and the BPTF supported the proposed legislation effusively. PhRMA was a bit more reserved in its response, noting that GMP requirements are followed now whereever a drug is manufactured for the US market (or at least are supposed to be).
Posted by Bruce Lehr August 4th 2010.
According to a poll posted on the Rx-360 site, 9 out of 120 Amercians favor drug safety legislation
http://hosted-p0.vresp.com/427409/2e8be0758e/ARCHIVE
Posted by: bigredbruce | 08/11/2010 at 01:06 PM
Here's a summary of the legislation from the Rx-360 website.
http://hosted-p0.vresp.com/427409/ddde01671f/ARCHIVE
Posted by: bigredbruce | 08/06/2010 at 12:27 PM
US Voters say they trust drugs 'made in the usa' but few are according to a USA Today story
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-08-03-recall03_ST_N.htm
Posted by: bigredbruce | 08/05/2010 at 02:46 PM