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The Prescription Drug Marketing Act (PDMA) of 1987 (P.L. 100-293, 102 Stat. 95) is a law of the United States federal government.It establishes legal safeguards for prescription drug distribution to ensure safe and effective pharmaceuticals and is designed to discourage the sale of counterfeit, adulterated, misbranded, sub potent, and expired prescription drugs.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations require all prescription drug promotion to be truthful and not misleading, based on "substantial evidence or substantial clinical experience", to provide a "fair balance" between the risks and benefits of the promoted drug, and to maintain consistency with labeling approved by the FDA. The FDA ...
schedule 4 (S4) - Prescription only medicines and prescription animal remedies: substances in schedule 4 are only available with a prescription from a prescriber (medical practitioners, dentists, nurse practitioners, endorsed physiotherapists and podiatrists) and must be purchased at a pharmacy. schedule 5 (S5) - Caution; schedule 6 (S6) - Poisons
Doctors can receive small gifts, such as free dinners, event or travel tickets, clocks, free drug samples and swag [4] like pens, paper pads, and office toys with company logos. [5] Controversial inducements include jobs offers for the drug company, consulting / speaking fees, [ 6 ] and all-expense-paid travel to resorts [ 7 ] and exotic ...
Title 21 is the portion of the Code of Federal Regulations that governs food and drugs within the United States for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). [1] It is divided into three chapters: Chapter I — Food and Drug Administration
It prohibits interstate commerce of any food that has an approved drug, licensed biological product, or certain other drugs or biological products added, unless the drug or biological product was marketed in food prior to approval, licensure, or clinical investigation, the FDA has approved the use of such drug or biological product in the food ...
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For prescription medications, the insert is technical, and provides information for medical professionals about how to prescribe the drug. Package inserts for prescription drugs often include a separate document called a "patient package insert" with information written in plain language intended for the end-user-- the person who will take the ...