FDA Wants Broad Reimportation Enforcement Discretion
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The agency may seek an accelerated ruling in Vermont's lawsuit against FDA in light of decisions by other states to implement importation programs. FDA Acting Commissioner Crawford tells a conference in Geneva, Switzerland that a decision on imports should be left to the agency.
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