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Food and Drug Administration Accountability and Transparency Act

Introduced: May 15, 2008 See on congress.gov
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May 15, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 15, 2008
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Food and Drug Administration Accountability and Transparency Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publish in the Federal Register postmarket surveillance plans for medical devices, unless such information is exempted under the Freedom of Information Act.

Subjects medical device manufacturers that fail to comply with postmarket surveillance requirements to civil monetary penalties. Requires the Secretary to take into consideration whether the manufacturer is making efforts toward correcting the violation in determining the amount of the civil penalty.

Authorizes the Secretary to order notification of health personnel and other relevant persons if a violation of postmarket surveillance requirements of a device presents an unreasonable risk of substantial harm to the public health, such notification is necessary to eliminate such risk, and no more practicable means is available to eliminate such risk.

What's happening now May 15, 2008

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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