The Prescription Drug Marketing Act (PDMA) of 1987 (P.L. 100-293, 102 Stat. 95) is a law of the United States federal government. It establishes legal safeguards for prescription drug distribution to ensure safe and effective pharmaceuticals and is designed to discourage the sale of counterfeit, adulterated, misbranded, sub potent, and expired prescription drugs. It was passed in response to the development of a wholesale sub-market (known as the "diversion market") for prescription drugs.
Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1987
Long title
An Act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ban the reimportation of drugs produced in the United States, to place restrictions on the distribution of drug samples, to ban certain resales of drugs by hospitals and other health care facilities, and for other purposes.
prescription, drug, marketing, pdma, 1987, stat, united, states, federal, government, establishes, legal, safeguards, prescription, drug, distribution, ensure, safe, effective, pharmaceuticals, designed, discourage, sale, counterfeit, adulterated, misbranded, . The Prescription Drug Marketing Act PDMA of 1987 P L 100 293 102 Stat 95 is a law of the United States federal government It establishes legal safeguards for prescription drug distribution to ensure safe and effective pharmaceuticals and is designed to discourage the sale of counterfeit adulterated misbranded sub potent and expired prescription drugs It was passed in response to the development of a wholesale sub market known as the diversion market for prescription drugs Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1987Long titleAn Act to amend the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act to ban the reimportation of drugs produced in the United States to place restrictions on the distribution of drug samples to ban certain resales of drugs by hospitals and other health care facilities and for other purposes Enacted bythe 100th United States CongressEffectiveApril 22 1988CitationsPublic law100 293Statutes at Large102 Stat 95CodificationActs amendedFederal Food Drug and Cosmetic ActTitles amended21 U S C Food and DrugsU S C sections amended21 U S C ch 9 331 353 381Legislative historyIntroduced in the House as H R 1207 by John Dingell D MI on February 24 1987Committee consideration by House Committee on Energy and CommercePassed the House on May 4 1987 passed voice vote Passed the Senate on March 31 1988 passed voice vote Signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on April 22 1988Major amendmentsPrescription Drug Amendments of 1992 P L 102 353 106 Stat 941The PDMA was modified by the Prescription Drug Amendments of 1992 P L 102 353 106 Stat 941 on August 26 1992 The U S Food and Drug Administration FDA issued regulations implementing the PDMA in 1990 21 C F R Part 205 and 1999 21 C F R Part 203 See also editFood and Drug Administration FDA USA Drug distribution Inverse benefit law Regulation of therapeutic goodsExternal links editPDMA article Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Prescription Drug Marketing Act amp oldid 1124286132, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
