gao report

The General Accounting Office released a report criticizing the review process the FDA employed when it looked at Barr Laboratories' application to sell the controversial Plan B "morning after" pill on an over-the-counter basis. The "non-decision" on the matter this year created a political firestorm at the agency and is believed to have played a role in former chairman Lester Crawford's decision to step down last month. The GAO report released Monday calls some aspects of the …

Montgomery County, MD, is suing the FDA in an effort to force the agency to allow the reimportation of prescription drugs. County Executive Douglas Duncan announced the decision yesterday, after the FDA denied the county's request that it be allowed to obtain less expensive prescription drugs from Canada. The legal challenge is likely to bring the reimportation debate into focus again. A report released yesterday by the General Accounting Office finds that US consumers import "substantial …