Bill Introduced to Increase Penalties for Drug Counterfeiting
The Counterfeit Drug Prevention Act of 2007 (HR 780) has been introduced in the House of Representatives by Reps. Mike Rogers (R-MI) and Gene Green (D-TX). The bill would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish criminal penalties of a fine and imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or both, for any person who commits a prohibited act relating to counterfeiting knowing that: (1) the conduct concerns the rendering of a drug as a counterfeit drug; (2) the conduct will cause a drug to be a counterfeit drug; or (3) a drug, held, sold, or dispensed is a counterfeit drug. Increases the term of imprisonment to any term of years or for life if the use of a counterfeit drug is the proximate cause of a consumer's death.