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As the Georgia Injury Lawyer Blog attorneys<\/a> have writtten about before, prescription drug manufacturers can cause serious personal injuries and death by failure to warn of a prescription drug’s hazardous side effects. A new law requires prescription drug companies to take steps to ensure drug safety and eliminate the risks of needless serious personal injury or death.<\/p>\n

In late September, President Bush signed into law the Prescription Drug User Fee Reauthorization Act, PDUFA. This Act creates new federal safety requirements for drug companies, and Congress made it very clear that the bill does not change the burden on drug companies to warn of a drug\u2019s hazards. That duty remains squarely where it belongs, on the drug company, which is in the best position to warn about problems associated with the drug.<\/p>\n

The rule of construction, which is included in Section 901 of the Bill, makes it clear that Congress is not altering the responsibility of a drug manufacturer to promptly update its drug label when the manufacturer becomes aware of safety information that should be added to the label. But, it still gives the FDA, Food and Drug Administration, the authority to require label changes and even if the FDA does not act, the burden to warn the public still remains on the drug company.<\/p>\n

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