Sen. Rick Scott teases COOL bill for pharmaceuticals

Citing safety and national security concerns about foreign-made pharmaceuticals, Florida Sen. Rick Scott (R) is crafting legislation that would require country-of-origin labels on prescription drugs. In opening remarks before an Oct. 8 hearing of the Senate Special Committee on Aging , which he chairs, Scott said U.S. consumers “deserve to know where items they purchase are made.” The labels would include “the country where each drug ingredient and the finished drugs are manufactured, processed or compounded,” he said, noting a...