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Generic Labeling Rule Dies In Latest Reg Agenda, But Electronic Labeling Is Reborn

 
• By Derrick Gingery

US FDA also indicated plans to update definition of biologic product and propose a one-page Patient Medication Information in the latest Unified Agenda.

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The US government's updated list of active and long-term regulations makes clear that FDA's' infamous generic labeling rule is officially dead, but also that electronic distribution of labeling information was in a sense reborn.

The White House Office of Management and Budget on Dec. 14 updated its unified agenda listing upcoming proposed and final...

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