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Kefauver–Harris Amendment

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38: 295:, required drug manufacturers to provide proof of the effectiveness and safety of their drugs before approval. The majority of the tragic birth defects that occurred were in other countries because Thalidomide had not been approved for use in the United States. However, samples were distributed to physicians in the US and 17 birth defects were attributed to its use. 302:
It introduced a "proof-of-efficacy" requirement for the first time. In addition, the Amendment required drug advertising to disclose accurate information about side effects and efficacy of treatments. Finally, cheap generic drugs could no longer be marketed as expensive drugs under new trade names as
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It introduced a requirement for drug manufacturers to provide proof of the effectiveness and safety of their drugs before approval, required drug advertising to disclose accurate information about side effects, and stopped cheap generic drugs being marketed as expensive drugs under new trade names as
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An act to protect the public health by amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to assure the safety, effectiveness, and reliability of drugs, authorize standardization of drug names, and clarify and strengthen existing inspection authority; and for other
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are approved and regulated. Before the Thalidomide scandal in Europe, and Canada, U.S. drug companies only had to show their new products were safe. After the passage of the Amendment, an FDA
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tragedy, in which thousands of children were born with birth defects as a result of their mothers taking thalidomide for morning sickness during pregnancy. The bill by
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was begun to classify all pre-1962 drugs that were already on the market as either effective, ineffective, or needing further study.
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Krantz JC Jr., The Kefauver-Harris amendment after sixteen years, Mil Med. 1978 Dec;143(12):883.
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Jurisdiction to Decide an Agency's Own Jurisdiction: The Forgotten Tale of the Hynson Quartet
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An Evaluation of Consumer Protection Legislation: The 1962 Drug Amendments
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was the FDA reviewer who refused to approve Thalidomide for use.
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was required of patients participating in clinical trials, and
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or "Drug Efficacy Amendment" is a 1962 amendment to the
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considered the Amendment his "finest achievement" in
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration. 412:Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 269:The amendment was a response to the 255:Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 133:Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 463:The Kefauver-Harris Drug Amendments 402:Drug Efficacy Study Implementation 351:Drug Efficacy Study Implementation 25: 517:"Canadian Thalidomide Experience" 320:U.S. Food and Drug Administration 175:in the Senate as S. 1552 by 376:The law also exempted from the " 371:Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 306:The law was signed by President 303:new "breakthrough" medications. 261:new "breakthrough" medications. 230:on October 4, 1962 (passed) 212:on August 23, 1962 (passed) 36: 422:Regulation of therapeutic goods 1: 584:Drug Amendments Act of 1962 336:Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act 76:87th United States Congress 629: 195:Senate Judiciary Committee 515:Webb JF (November 1963). 481:Administrative Law Review 407:Durham-Humphrey Amendment 324:experimentation on humans 251:Kefauver–Harris Amendment 222:on October 4, 1962 ( 202:on August 23, 1962 ( 168: 143:21 U.S.C.: Food and Drugs 63:Kefauver–Harris Amendment 35: 326:and changed the way new 191:Committee consideration 149:U.S.C. sections amended 60:Drug Efficacy Amendment 31:Drug Amendments of 1962 18:Drug Efficacy Amendment 603:Pharmaceuticals policy 344:adverse drug reactions 220:agreed to by the House 417:Frances Oldham Kelsey 310:on October 10, 1962. 297:Frances Oldham Kelsey 613:1962 in American law 396:Directive 65/65/EEC1 391:Criticism of the FDA 332:New Drug Application 218:on October 4, 1962; 361:consumer protection 286:U.S. Representative 240:on October 10, 1962 164:Legislative history 32: 187:) on July 19, 1962 475:O'Reilly, James, 247: 246: 200:Passed the Senate 107:Statutes at Large 16:(Redirected from 620: 547: 546: 536: 512: 506: 505: 500:. 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Index

Drug Efficacy Amendment
Great Seal of the United States
87th United States Congress
87-781
Statutes at Large
Stat.
780
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
21 U.S.C.: Food and Drugs
21 U.S.C.
ch. 9
Estes Kefauver
D
TN
Senate Judiciary Committee
78–22
347–88
John F. Kennedy
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
thalidomide
U.S. Senator
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
U.S. Representative
Oren Harris
Arkansas
Frances Oldham Kelsey
John F. Kennedy
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
experimentation on humans

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