3.0.0 2769 2023-01-15T05:47:36Z 2023-01-15T05:47:36Z House H HR 2003-07-17 108 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2003-08-08T14:23:29Z Referred to 2003-07-17T14:02:20Z 2003-08-08 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2003-07-17 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2003-07-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-07-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress E000172 Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8] JO EMERSON R MO ANN 8 N N000143 Rep. Northup, Anne M. [R-KY-3] ANNE NORTHUP R KY M. 3 2003-07-18 False B001149 Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5] DAN BURTON R IN 5 2003-07-18 False W000119 Rep. Wamp, Zach [R-TN-3] ZACH WAMP R TN 3 2003-07-18 False Health Administrative procedure Canada Commerce Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Consumer protection Counterfeiting Crime and Law Enforcement Department of Health and Human Services Drug approvals Drug industry Drugs Europe European Union Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Governmental investigations Identification devices Import restrictions Imports Intellectual property Labeling Law Marketing Packaging Pharmacies Pharmacists Prescription pricing Product counterfeiting Product safety Restrictive trade practices Wholesale trade Health 00 2003-07-17 Introduced in House 2004-04-09T19:28:44Z Save Our Seniors Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to permit pharmacists and wholesalers to import prescription drugs from Canada. Allows the Secretary to permit importation from European Union countries in three years if the Secretary finds that drugs imported from Canada have proven safe and effective.

Requires: (1) safeguards to ensure that each prescription drug imported is safe and effective; (2) importers to submit to the Secretary detailed information about the drug and shipment; (3) Canadian distributors to register with the Secretary; (4) immediate suspension of importation of a drug or by an importer if a pattern of counterfeiting or violations of this Act are discovered; and (5) manufacturers to authorize the use of the approved labeling for the drug.

Prohibits discrimination by manufacturers against wholesalers or pharmacists who distribute prescription drugs.

Declares that the Secretary should waive the prohibition against importation of a drug when it is clearly for personal use and does not present an unreasonable risk to the individual. Requires the Secretary to grant such waivers under certain circumstances and to publish guidance as to when the Secretary will grant these waivers.

Requires a study and report from: (1) the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences on importation under this Act; and (2) the Comptroller General on the effect this section has on the retail price of prescription drugs.

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