The bill gives the FDA authority to prevent drug shortages and speed reviews of medical devices, and also ensures the safety of drugs imported from abroad through the collection of fees from companies. Those fees will fund FDA inspections of foreign facilities and give drugmakers incentives to produce antibiotics to treat troublesome conditions.
The Senate recently passed its own FDA authorization bill, which is similar to the one the House passed but different on several fronts. The bills disagree on some medical device safety provisions and which antibiotics should qualify for incentives. Further, the Senate version includes room for a law that would implement a national system for tracking medications to cut down on fake or stolen drugs.
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