S.Res. 97 · 113th Congress
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Food and Drug Administration should encourage the use of abuse-deterrent formulations of drugs.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Thomas Coburn
- Introduced
- 2013-04-15
- Latest action
- 2013-04-15 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
Expresses the sense of the Senate 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 recognized by FDA as effective, and (2) require generic versions of abuse-deterrent opioid products to be formulated with comparable abuse-deterrent features.