Drug Identification Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Drug Identification Act - Allows the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, by regulation, to establish a uniform code or system of coding applicable to prescription drugs consisting of symbols representing: (1) the identity of the manufacturer of each such drug, (2) the identity of the drug; (3) the identity of the final packager (if different from the manufacturer) of the drug; (4) the dosage form and strength of the drug; and (5) the number of drug units in the immediate container of the drug. Provides that, if it is a prescription drug, the immediate and outside containers thereof shall bear a label which has prominently placed thereon the symbol or symbols in the code as listed above.…