Prescription Drug Marketing Act
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Prescription Drug Marketing Act (PDMA)
)Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act | |
| Titles amended | 21 U.S.C.: Food and Drugs |
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| U.S.C. sections amended | 21 U.S.C. ch. 9 §§ 331, 353, 381 |
| Legislative history | |
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| Major amendments | |
| Prescription Drug Amendments of 1992 P.L. 102-353, 106 Stat. 941 | |
| Regulation of therapeutic goods in the United States |
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Prescription drugs Over-the-counter drugs |
The Prescription Drug Marketing Act (PDMA) of 1987 (P.L. 100-293, 102 Stat. 95) is a law of the
pharmaceuticals and is designed to discourage the sale of counterfeit, adulterated, misbranded, sub potent, and expired prescription drugs
. It was passed in response to the development of a wholesale sub-market (known as the "diversion market") for prescription drugs.
The PDMA was modified by the Prescription Drug Amendments of 1992 (P.L. 102-353, 106 Stat. 941) on August 26, 1992.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued regulations implementing the PDMA in 1990 (21 C.F.R. Part 205) and 1999 (21 C.F.R. Part 203).
See also
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA, USA)
- Drug distribution
- Inverse benefit law
- Regulation of therapeutic goods