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Drug Importation Provision Neutralized in Senate FDA Overhaul Measure

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Opponents of a Senate proposal to allow the importation of prescription drugs claimed a surprisingly wide victory Monday, adopting an amendment that foiled the intent of a provision by North Dakota Democrat Byron L. Dorgan.The Senate adopted, 49-40, a second- degree amendment by Thad Cochran, R-Miss., that would require the Health and Human Services Department to certify the safety and cost savings of any drug imports. The Bush administration has said it cannot do that, so the effect of Dorgan’s drug importation language, subsequently adopted by voice vote, was rendered moot.
The decision played out as part of the Senate debate on legislation (S 1082) that would overhaul the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) prescription drug user-fee system.

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