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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jan 3, 2001
Medicine Equity and Drug Safety Act Corrections of 2001 - Amends the Medicine Equity and Drug Safety Act of 2000 (section 804 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), as added to the FDCA by Public Law 106-387) to, among other things: (1) require regulations permitting pharmacists and wholesalers to import into the United States covered products to specify a fair and reasonable fee that a manufacturer may charge an importer for the use of labeling of a covered product; (2) repeal sunset provisions; and (3) authorize appropriations for such Act.
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Rep. Deutsch, Peter [D-FL-20] · D–FL
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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