It establishes legal safeguards for 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.
This legislation establishes legal safeguards for prescription drug distribution to ensure safe and effective pharmaceuticals, aiming to deter the sale of counterfeit, adulterated, misbranded, subpotent, and expired prescription drugs. It was enacted in response to the emergence of a wholesale sub-market (known as the "diversion market") for prescription drugs.