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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

The US Food and Drug Administration would receive long sought-after authority to issue mandatory recalls of prescription and over-the-counter drugs in fiscal year 2021 budget legislation.

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