FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353
November 7, 2025
Cotton, Ricketts Introduce Bill to Crack Down on Counterfeit Drugs
Washington, DC — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Senator Pete Ricketts (R-Nebraska) yesterday introduced legislation that directs the federal government to crack down on foreign entities selling counterfeit drugs to U.S. consumers. The Combatting Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals Act will establish a program to identify and sanction foreign traffickers and manufacturers of counterfeit drugs and drug ingredients.
“Dangerous and ineffective counterfeit drugs from Communist China and other adversarial nations pose an increasing threat to consumers. Our bill will crack down on all counterfeit drugs to ensure Arkansans have access to safe and effective medicine,” said Senator Cotton.
“Communist China’s drugmakers are quickly manufacturing and selling copy-cat drugs based on our biological advances. By doing so, Communist China is pumping Americans full of unregulated, substandard ingredients. It is time to get these Chinese-made compounds out of our borders. Our efforts will target organizations engaged in illicit opioid trafficking posing fatal consequences here at home,” said Senator Ricketts.
Text of the bill can be found here.
The Combatting Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals Act would:
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