E&C Discusses Bills Boosting FDA's Authority Over Imported Drugs

During day one of the House Energy & Commerce health subcommittee’s two-day legislative hearing to discuss more than 20 bills intended to help stem the opioid crisis, lawmakers and FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb focused on legislation that would increase FDA’s footprint and authority in international mail facilities (IMFs). Gottlieb repeated the agency’s need for more authority in the space, and there was general consensus that the submitted bills would expand FDA’s ability to seize and destroy drugs coming through IMFs...