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Vietnamese Drug Authority Teams With United States Standards-Setting Organization
As Vietnam"s industrial capabilities have developed rapidly in recent decades, government officials have recognized the importance of helping to secure the nation"s supply of medicines. In an important milestone addressing this need, the Vietnamese Pharmacopoeia Commission (VPC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the U.S. Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention. USP is a scientific nonprofit organization that sets standards for the identity and quality of prescription and over-the-counter drugs that are enforced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the United States. USP also sets standards for the identity and quality of food ingredients and dietary supplements; these and USP"s drug standards are used in more than 130 countries.
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Hope is fading in the House on voting on reform before the August recess as Democrats bicker over details, Roll Call reports: "Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told reporters Friday that Democratic leaders may push off the health care bill until September if they can"t get it finished within the next two weeks."
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Ad Update: Religious Groups Back Reform, Unions Target Senators' Tax Plans

"Labor unions are showing their increasing displeasure over [health reform] financing proposals that target their healthcare benefits by launching attack ads against key lawmakers, causing the Senate"s leading advocate of taxing such benefits to seek an end to one especially aggressive campaign," Congress Daily reports. The Laborers" International Union of North America pulled an ad in Montana attacking Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus at the senator"s request, and after he asked to meet with the union"s president to discuss proposals (Dann, 6/30). Meanwhile, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the Finance committee"s leading Republican, will become the target of the same union"s ads in his home state today, Roll Call reports. "Grassley"s office appeared unfazed by the three-day ad buy designed to discourage the Finance panel ranking member from supporting a proposal to tax the value of health insurance benefits like regular income." Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad was also targeted with ads, but after Baucus contacted the union, those ads were suspended, too (Drucker, 6/30). A union spokesman said the ads would resume if the senators do not reverse their position on the new taxes, USA Today reports. Also in advertising news, religious groups plan to launch a five-state ad campaign that will "discuss the moral reasons for making health care more affordable" and support the reform efforts, The Associated Press reports. The liberal-leaning religious groups include Faith in Public Life, Faithful America, the PICO National Network and Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good (Fram, 6/30). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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