H.Res. 161 · 113th Congress

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Food and Drug Administration should encourage the use of abuse-deterrent formulations of drugs.

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
Hal Rogers
Introduced
2013-04-15
Latest action
2013-04-19 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summary

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should exercise its acknowledged authority to: (1) refuse to approve generic versions of non-abuse-deterrent opioid products that have been replaced in the market with abuse-deterrent formulations, and (2) require generic versions of abuse-deterrent opioid products to be formulated with comparable abuse-deterrent features.