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2000 CIS S 43110
TITLE: E-Drugs:
Who Regulates Internet Pharmacies
CIS-NO: 2000-S431-10
SOURCE: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DOC-NO: S. Hrg. 106-514
DATE: Mar. 21, 2000
LENGTH: iii+165 p.
CONG-SESS:
106-2
ITEM-NO: 1043-A; 1043-B
SUDOC:
Y4.L11/4:S.HRG.106-514
MC-ENTRY-NO: 2000-17432
SUMMARY:
Hearing to review benefits and risks
to consumers of pharmaceutical sales over the Internet, and to
examine current and proposed regulatory efforts to prevent inappropriate sales
of prescription medication online.
Supplementary material (p.
156-165) includes a submitted statement.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Pharmaceutical sales on the
Internet, regulatory issues
DESCRIPTORS:
MEDICAL
REGULATION; PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACY; PUBLIC HEALTH; CONSUMERS;
INTERNET
00-S431-10 TESTIMONY NO: 1
Mar. 21, 2000 p. 7-33
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
HENNEY, JANE E. (Dr.) (Commissioner, FDA)
WOODCOCK, JANET (Dr.) (Director, Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research)
TAYLOR, JOHN (Senior Advisor,
Regulatory Policy, Office of Regulatory Affairs)
STATEMENTS AND
DISCUSSION:
Review of public health risks of
Internet pharmaceutical sales, including adverse effects of
harmful drug products; overview of FDA efforts to regulate online prescription
medication sales.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Pharmaceutical sales on the Internet,
regulatory issues
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
00-S431-10 TESTIMONY NO: 2 Mar. 21, 2000 p. 34-156
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
STOVALL,
CARLA J. (Attorney General, Kansas; representing National Association of
Attorneys General)
CATIZONE, CARMEN A. (Executive
Director, National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP))
LEVY, BRUCE A. (Dr.) (Executive Director, Texas Board of
Medical Examiners; representing Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB))
NEUPERT, PETER (President and CEO, drugstore.com)
ANTHONY, CALVIN J. (Executive Vice President, National
Community Pharmacists Association)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Overview of State and Federal law enforcement issues
regarding Internet pharmacy regulation, with recommendations;
description of NABP efforts to monitor online medication sales, including the
Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites Program granting
certification to online pharmacies that comply with State and
Federal mandates (related materials, p. 49-124).
Review of
FSMB role in promoting regulatory standards for online
pharmacies; description of drugstore.com operations as an
Internet licensed pharmaceutical sales company.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Pharmaceutical sales on the
Internet, regulatory issues
TESTIMONY
DESCRIPTORS:
KANSAS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE; LICENSES;
STATE LAWS; LAW ENFORCEMENT
LOAD-DATE: July 6, 2001
