“A bill to provide for digital communication of prescribing information for drugs (including biological products), and for other purposes.”
No CRS summary available for this bill.
This section authorizes manufacturers to provide required prescribing information for prescription drugs solely by electronic means if the labeling complies with applicable law and prescribers or dispensers may elect paper copies or request them on demand at no cost. It directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue final implementing regulations within one year that minimize adverse economic impacts on prescribers and dispensers, and to hold a public workshop within two years on optimizing the format and accessibility of such information. The authority applies to drugs introduced into interstate commerce on or after the sooner of two years after enactment or the effective date of the regulations.