A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act in order to impose certain restrictions on oral representations made to physicians and pharmacists regarding drugs, and to impose certain restrictions on the written advertising of drugs.

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

4 February 1977

Last action

—

Status

Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare (Subsequently: Human Resources).

Summary

Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to impose certain restrictions on oral representations about drugs made to practitioners or pharmacists by persons involved in the manufacture, preparation, processing, or distribution of such drugs. Prohibits advertising of any drug or device unless the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare has first approved such advertising. Specifies the criteria for such approval. Requires any publication intended for health professionals to identify the source of financial support for the author and the research of such publication.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

1 official file

Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 4 February 1977
Open at official source

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.

Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/senate-bill/633
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/95/s/633