US FDA Would Get Mandatory Recall Authority For Drugs Under House Funding Bill

 
• By Derrick Gingery

The change would let FDA forcibly pull prescription and over-the-counter drugs off the market just like vaccines, medical devices and other products.

In a voice vote on 9 July, the US House Appropriations Committee approved an amendment giving the FDA the power to mandate drug recalls. Industry lobbyists had blocked an effort to give the agency the authority in 2012. • Source: Screenshot

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