Hazard Preparedness Bill Heads To President, Minus OTC Reform Language

The House on Tuesday (June 4) passed by voice vote the Senate’s pandemic preparedness bill, which does not include a measure to reform FDA’s over-the-counter (OTC) drug regulatory framework that was part of the House’s original pandemic bill. The final pandemic preparedness legislation now heads to the president’s desk. Because it was left out of the final bill, the OTC reform legislation will now have to pass through Congress on its own or be attached to a different vehicle, although...