Keep Our Medicine Cabinets Safe

The Issue

Generic drugs make up 80% of all prescriptions filled in the United States. But generic drug manufacturers cannot independently update their labels to warn of new side-effects and cannot be held accountable if their drugs injure or kill Americans.

Both brand name and generic manufacturers should be accountable for the safety of their products.  If no one is accountable, no one is safe.

Tell the FDA to act now to restore accountability because safety is an issue that cannot wait.

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Take Justice BackPetition StarterTake Justice Back is about accountability. Powerful corporations have worked for years and spent millions to evade responsibility when they hurt and kill Americans. The civil justice system is the last refuge for many Americans who need accountability. The civil justice system helps make our country a better, safer place to live. The fact is, our environment is cleaner and our medicine is safer today thanks to Americans who stood up to corporations and held them accountable in the court.
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The Issue

Generic drugs make up 80% of all prescriptions filled in the United States. But generic drug manufacturers cannot independently update their labels to warn of new side-effects and cannot be held accountable if their drugs injure or kill Americans.

Both brand name and generic manufacturers should be accountable for the safety of their products.  If no one is accountable, no one is safe.

Tell the FDA to act now to restore accountability because safety is an issue that cannot wait.

avatar of the starter
Take Justice BackPetition StarterTake Justice Back is about accountability. Powerful corporations have worked for years and spent millions to evade responsibility when they hurt and kill Americans. The civil justice system is the last refuge for many Americans who need accountability. The civil justice system helps make our country a better, safer place to live. The fact is, our environment is cleaner and our medicine is safer today thanks to Americans who stood up to corporations and held them accountable in the court.
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The Decision Makers

Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D.
Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D.
Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Director, Office of Management and Budget

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Petition created on November 2, 2013