Proposed new FDA rule might allow altered labeling of generic meds.

DRUG labeling laws; UNITED States. Food & Drug Administration; INDUSTRIES; PHARMACEUTICAL industry; GENERIC drug laws; DRUG laws

The article reports on the impact of the rule proposed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), on the changes on generic drugs labels, on the dispensing of generic drugs and the pharmaceutical industry in the U.S. The FDA proposed the rule to enable individual holders of generic-drug applications to update the safety data labels of their products prior to its review. Pharmacy organizations are worried that it would result to confusion and transitory discrepancy in product labeling.