Provides, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall designate an official name for any new drug subject to prescription sale upon approval of an application filed for such drug. Requires the Secretary to designate an official name for all drugs subject to prescription sale.
Requires that such official names shall, to the extent possible, be in the interest of usefulness and simplicity and designed to adequately and fully replace the use of trade, brand, or proprietary names. (Amends 21 U.S.C. 358(a))
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.
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