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2000 CIS H 27143
TITLE: Enforcing
the Laws on Internet Pharmaceutical Sales: Where Are the Feds
CIS-NO: 2000-H271-43
SOURCE: Committee on Commerce. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: May 25, 2000
LENGTH:
iii+59 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-2
ITEM-NO: 1019-A-01; 1019-B-01
SUDOC: Y4.C73/8:106-112
MC-ENTRY-NO: 2000-17325
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 106-112. Hearing
before the Subcom on Oversight and Investigations to review Federal and State
enforcement efforts to protect consumers from risks associated with
pharmaceutical sales over the Internet, including sales by
unlicensed online pharmacies that dispense drugs without
requiring individuals to obtain a prescription from a personal physician.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Pharmaceutical sales on the
Internet, regulatory issues
DESCRIPTORS:
MEDICAL
REGULATION; TRADE REGULATION; PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACY;
LICENSES; PHYSICIANS; STATE GOVERNMENTS; CONSUMERS; INTERNET;
DRUGS
00-H271-43 TESTIMONY NO: 1 May 25, 2000 p.
11-59
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
HUBBARD, WILLIAM K. (Senior Associate Commissioner,
Policy, Planning, and Legislation, FDA)
POSNER, ETHAN M.
(Deputy Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice)
DURANT, ELIZABETH G. (Director, Office of Trade Programs,
Customs Service)
STOVALL, CARLA J. (Attorney General,
Kansas)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Explanation of Federal and State efforts to protect
consumers from online pharmaceutical risks; details on represented Federal
agencies role in Internet pharmaceutical enforcement;
recommendations to mitigate risks associated with online pharmaceutical sales.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Pharmaceutical sales on
the Internet, regulatory issues
TESTIMONY
DESCRIPTORS:
KANSAS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE; FOOD AND
DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE; CUSTOMS SERVICE
LOAD-DATE: July 6, 2001 
