Proposed Legislation Would Protect the U.S. Healthcare Supply Chain

Congressman Eliot L. Engel participated in an Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing today, which included his bipartisan legislation to protect the U.S. health care supply chain.

The Safeguarding Therapeutics Act, H.R. 5663, which Congressman Engel introduced with Congressman Brett Guthrie (R-KY), gives the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the ability to destroy counterfeit medical devices.

This legislation builds on the 2012 Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, which gave the FDA the ability to destroy imported drugs if they posed a threat to public health.

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