Health Blog : An Insider's Guide to Senate Drug Safety Bill

Health Blog : An Insider's Guide to Senate Drug Safety Bill: "Sponsors of the bill said they intend to add language that would create a pathway for generic biotech drugs to come market. But the bill could ultimately bring other changes as well — more than a dozen amendments were quietly added to the measure. Some are related to drugs. Others, not so much: The “Domestic Turtle Market Access Act,” courtesy of Louisiana Democrat Mary Landrieu, says the FDA should “allow the sale of turtles less than 10.2 centimeters in diameter as pets, as long as the sellers are required to use proven methods to treat these turtles for salmonella.”"