Reducing Fraudulent and Imitation Drugs Act of 2007

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to require the incorporation of counterfeit-resistant technologies into the packaging of prescription drugs, and for other purposes.

6/14/2007--Introduced.
Reducing Fraudulent and Imitation Drugs Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to require prescription drug packaging to incorporate:
(1) radio frequency tagging technology or similar trace and track technologies;
(2) tamper-indicating technologies; and
(3) blister security packaging when possible. Directs the Secretary to:
(1) require that such technologies be used exclusively to authenticate the pedigree of prescription drugs; and
(2) prohibit such technologies from containing or transmitting any identifying information of a health care practitioner or consumer, or any advertisement or information about indications or off-label uses. Requires the Secretary to encourage prescription drug manufacturers and distributors to incorporate:
(1) overt optically variable counterfeit-resistant technologies into packaging; and
(2) required prescription drug packaging technologies into multiple elements of the physical packaging of the drugs. Requires prescription drug shipments to include a label on the shipping container that incorporates packaging technologies. Deems a prescription drug to be misbranded if the packaging or labeling of the drug is in violation of a requirement or prohibition of this Act. Requires the Secretary to publish the National Specified List of Susceptible Prescription Drugs, consisting of not less than 30 of the most frequently counterfeited prescription drugs in the United States.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Dan Burton [R, IN-5]
• and 1 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin [D, SD-0]
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• House Energy and Commerce
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  • House Energy and Commerce
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June 14, 2007

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• Jun 14, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
• Jun 14, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
• Introduced on Jun 14, 2007.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Medicine
• Business
• Civil liberties
• Consumers
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• Drug advertising
• Drug industry
• Drugs
• Fines (Penalties)
• Government information
• Government publicity
• Identification devices
• Intellectual property
• Labeling
• Law
• Medical care
• Packaging
• Product counterfeiting
• Right of privacy
• Technology

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