Modern Authentication of Pharmaceuticals Act of 2025 has not moved since its introduction on Feb 6, 2025, with cosponsors, all Republicans
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 99 words.
Modern Authentication of Pharmaceuticals Act of 2025 This bill requires each dose of a pharmaceutical product that is a controlled substance and that is taken orally in solid form (i.e., pills) to include a physical chemical identifier. (Physical chemical identifiers are substances that possess a unique physical or chemical property, such as inks, pigments, flavors, and molecular taggants, that unequivocally identify and authenticate a drug or dosage.) Under the bill, physical chemical identifiers must be included in or on the product and must be machine readable. The bill applies to products manufactured beginning five years after the bill's enactment.
- Committees
- House Energy and Commerce Committee
- Policy area
- Health: 122 of 9,357 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
- Sponsor
- 1 of 52 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 363 words
- Subjects
- Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulationDrug trafficking and controlled substancesPrescription drugsSupply chain
- Latest action
- Feb 6, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
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