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Pharmaceutical Origin Transparency Act of 2018

S. 3105 · 115th Congress · Jun 21, 2018 · Lineage

A BILL

To require manufacturers of drugs to post the names of the countries in which their drugs are manufactured on their internet websites.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Pharmaceutical Origin Transparency Act of 2018”.

Sec. 2 Information about drug manufacturing

Section 301 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 331) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(eee)

“(1) The introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of any drug subject to section 503(b)(1), unless the manufacturer of such drug maintains on its internet website information about each country in which such drug is manufactured.

“(2) For purposes of this paragraph, a drug is manufactured in a country if the active pharmaceutical ingredient is manufactured in such country.”