The Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1987 came into force the next year when the late President Ronald Reagan signed the legislation on April 22, 1988. The Act had a considerable impact on the sale, import, and export of prescription drugs found in any pharmacy in Northridge, California.
The principal authors of the Act promulgated the bill intending to restore consumer confidence in the quality, safety, and effectiveness of the prescription drugs used in medication therapy management in California.
The lawmakers behind the Act felt that consumers in the United States were vulnerable to being victims of counterfeit, expired, misbranded, and adulterated prescription medicine. Authorities had identified three reasons behind the dubious quality of prescription drugs in the US. These are the following:
- Redirection of prescription drugs meant to be distributed as samples
- Healthcare organizations selling these medicines in bulk at lower than market prices
- Reimportation of prescription meds already imported from the United States
The Act puts into place safeguards that allow the government to follow the journey of each legitimate prescription medicine from the manufacturer to the retailer, and from the retailer to the consumer. This information is compiled and is referred to as a “pedigree,” similar to kennel membership and inoculation papers provided to dogs and cats of certain breeds.
Whenever a third party wants to distribute the prescription medicines in bulk, they will need to provide the pedigree of the drugs. Failure to do so will put the transaction into doubt, and the items considered counterfeit.
Poly-Med Pharmacy only deals in legitimate prescription drugs that come from an authorized distributor. You can rest assured of the safety of our prescription drugs, and our drive-thru flu shot.