Sen. Murray and 24 other Democrats sponsor legislation to extend to OTC daily oral contraceptives the same insurance requirement the Affordable Care Act imposes for Rx birth control. Advocates say without insurance coverage, a woman would pay around $600 a year for birth control.
Senate Democrats propose requiring insurers to pay for oral contraceptives made available OTC, responding to Republican legislation that encourages switching the products to nonprescription but would eliminate the Affordable Care Act requirements for birth control insurance.
Sen. Patty Murray and 24 other Democrats on June 9 introduced the Affordability Is Access Act, S
The Washington State Department of Ecology will try to work with companies that violate the Toxic Free Cosmetics Act, rather than reflexively imposing the $5,000-per-violation fine for first-time offenders, says the law’s implementation planner. She noted financial assistance is available for small businesses, as well as incentives for companies adopting measures “beyond compliance.”
US FDA Office of New Drugs Director Peter Stein says review divisions have made the case that a discussion-only meeting would solicit the necessary input.
Requests for “enforcement actions are not within the scope of FDA’s citizen petition procedures,” CDER says, rejecting petition dosing device firm Parenteral Technologies submitted as it prepares for workshop on Pediatric Research Equity Act requirements for OTC NDA sponsors.
