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The pharmaceutical industry has been heavily regulated for many years, starting with the original enactment of the Food and Drug Act in 1906. Over the years, a bewildering array of regulations has been established that affect the sale and consumption of drugs at both the federal and state levels. While many of these past regulations have been subsumed into the FDA's rules and regulations, one of the most difficult and currently pressing questions a pharmaceutical manufacturer must ask itself is whether to comply with California's Proposition 65. The manufacturer's decision to comply may have significant adverse affects on marketing and use of the drug; or conversely, imposition of stiff, costly penalties. This article provides a basic roadmap of the current landscape for compliance with Proposition 65 in the pharmaceutical context.
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