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{{Infobox U.S. legislation
| shorttitle      = Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1987
| longtitle       = An Act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ban the reimportation of drugs produced in the United States, to place restrictions on the distribution of drug samples, to ban certain resales of drugs by hospitals and other health care facilities, and for other purposes. 
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| enacted by      = 100th
| effective date  = April 22, 1988
| public law url  = http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-102/pdf/STATUTE-102-Pg95.pdf
| cite public law = 100-293
| cite statutes at large = {{usstat|102|95}}
| acts amended    = Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
| acts repealed   = 
| title amended   = 21 U.S.C.: Food and Drugs
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| sections amended = {{Usc-title-chap|21|9}} §§ 331, 353, 381
| leghisturl      = http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d100:HR01207:@@@X
| introducedin    = House
| introducedbill  = {{USbill|100|H.R.|1207}}
| introducedby    = John Dingell (D–MI)
| introduceddate  = February 24, 1987
| committees      = House Committee on Energy and Commerce
| passedbody1     = House
| passeddate1     = May 4, 1987
| passedvote1     = passed voice vote
| passedbody2     = Senate
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| passeddate2     = March 31, 1988
| passedvote2     = passed voice vote
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| signedpresident = Ronald Reagan
| signeddate      = April 22, 1988
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| amendments      = Prescription Drug Amendments of 1992 P.L. 102-353, 106 Stat. 941
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The '''Prescription Drug Marketing Act''' ('''PDMA''') of 1987 (P.L. 100-293, 102 Stat. 95) is a law of the United States federal government.  It establishes legal safeguards for [[Medicine:Prescription drug|prescription drug]] distribution to ensure safe and effective pharmaceuticals and is designed to discourage the sale of counterfeit, adulterated, misbranded, sub potent, and expired prescription drugs. It was passed in response to the development of a wholesale sub-market (known as the "diversion market") for prescription drugs.

The PDMA was modified by the Prescription Drug Amendments of 1992 (P.L. 102-353, 106 Stat. 941) on August 26, 1992.

The U.S. [[Organization:Food and Drug Administration|Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA) issued regulations implementing the PDMA in 1990 (21 C.F.R. Part 205) and 1999 (21 C.F.R. Part 203).

==See also==
* [[Organization:Food and Drug Administration|Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA, USA)
* [[Social:Drug distribution|Drug distribution]]
* [[Philosophy:Inverse benefit law|Inverse benefit law]]
* [[Medicine:Regulation of therapeutic goods|Regulation of therapeutic goods]]

==External links==
*[https://www.fda.gov/regulatoryinformation/lawsenforcedbyfda/significantamendmentstothefdcact/prescriptiondrugmarketingactof1987/default.htm PDMA article]


[[Category:Pharmaceuticals policy]]

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