URGENT: Tell your member of Congress to sign Welch Griffith letter to FDA
 
Congressmen Peter Welch (D-VT) and Morgan Griffith (R-VA) have drafted a congressional letter to FDA urging FDA to make essential revisions to the state Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), and are seeking additional members of Congress to sign the letter.
 
WE NEED YOUR HELP IN GETTING THOSE SIGNATURES.
 
Phone or email your congressperson's office and urge them to sign the Welch/Griffith FDA letter as soon as possible.
 
The key points raised in the letter are as follows:
  • The new revised draft MOU on interstate distributions of compounded medications reflects some stakeholder input to FDA (including from IACP), but still needs work before being finalized.
  • The final MOU should not attempt to redefine the key term "distribution" to include (and thereby give the FDA regulatory authority over) the patient-specific dispensing of medications.
  • Many state BOPs have indicated they do not have the legal authority, state resources, or both to sign and carry out the unfunded mandates the current MOU will have on states.
  • If several states don't sign and the FDA enforces a 5% cap on interstate shipments of ALL compounds, patients will lose access to critical medications.
  • FDA should continue working with stakeholders and finalize an MOU that all states will sign and that will protect patient access and patient safety.
 
The more members of Congress who sign the letter, the stronger our case - and influence - in getting FDA to make those essential amendments to the MOU.
 
PLEASE ACT NOW. Contact your member of Congress TODAY!
 
Best,

Scott Brunner, CAE
Executive Vice President
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