GAIN, part of the FDA Safety and Innovation Act that was signed into law in July 2012, allows for a drug to be classified as a qualified infectious disease product (QIDP) that, in turn, moves up the PDUFA review decision date by two months and, if approved, provides companies with five additional years of market exclusivity to recoup their investments.
Like the manufacturers' sales tax, the wholesale sales tax ordinarily excludes services, although sales of gas and electrical energy are sometimes included. 3. RETAIL SALES TAX: A retail sales tax is one which applies to sales at retail of tangible personal property to final consumers and industrial users.
Foodservice Wholesalers. Restaurants and other foodservice companies are also major customers of wholesalers. Sales to these firms accounted for $190 billion in 2007, or 23 percent of all sales of groceries and related products by all food wholesalers, up from 19 percent in 2002.ood wholesaling consists of both retail and foodservice sales. Some key findings on sales are highlighted below: 1  Sales to the food-at-home sector (retailers) were $351 billion in 2007, the most recent year of data. 2  Sales to the food-away-from-home sector (foodservice) were $190 billion in 2007.