GREGG/KENNEDY COMPROMISE ON FDA DRUG/DEVICE EXPORT REFORM BILL PASSES SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE BY 16-0 VOTE; MEASURE LISTS SPECIFIC COUNTRIES
Executive Summary
A compromise FDA drug/device export bill sponsored by Sens. Gregg (R-N.H.) and Kennedy (D-Mass.), the "FDA Export Reform & Enhancement Act of 1995" (S 593), was approved unanimously by the 16-member Labor & Human Resources Committee during an Aug. 2 mark-up. The compromise bill lists specific countries to which unapproved drugs and devices could be exported without FDA export approval.