Find out why we're working to modernize the outdated paper labeling process to improve patient safety and reduce environmental waste.
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🚨BREAKING: The Patient Information Modernization Act of 2025 has been introduced!
We commend @SenMullin & @SenBooker in the Senate and @RepHarshbarger & @RepSherrill in the House for their bipartisan leadership.
Next step: Passage âś…
25 Jun 2025
Today, my colleague @RepSherrill and I reintroduced our bipartisan Prescription Information Modernization Act. Pharmacists and physicians deserve timely, accurate prescription data, not pages of paper that arrive late, may be outdated, and get tossed. This bipartisan bill is a practical update that empowers healthcare professionals with real-time digital access, cuts waste, ensures patients receive the most up-to-date information, and brings prescribing information into the 21st century.
You can read our full press release here: harshbarger.house.gov/media/…
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There's a prescribing label inside your medication packaging that you never see. It's not for patients — it's for doctors & pharmacists. Under current rules, it's printed on up to 45 pages of paper that often go straight into the trash. #ModernizeRXInfo modernizeprescribinginfo.com…
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The future is bright with electronic prescribing 🔆 Providers can already access real-time label updates through the NIH DailyMed website as soon as the FDA approves a change.
Shouldn't our labeling system be up to the same standard? #ModernizeRXInfo modernizeprescribinginfo.com…
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Electronic prescribing is already used by over 98% of U.S. pharmacies. The paper label requirement is the last holdout of a system that has long since ended. It's time to #ModernizeRXInfo.
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The introduction of the Prescription Information Modernization Act was one year ago. This bill would allow the @US_FDA to move prescribing information into the digital age.
Now the question is: When will it cross the finish line? #ModernizeRxInfo
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Printed Rx info can take up to 12 months to reach doctors & pharmacies after an update. Online #RXInfo is updated in real time.
It's time to #ModernizeRXInfo to protect patient safety. ⬇️
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Billions of prescriptions.
Mountains of paper.
Outdated rules.
21st century healthcare requires 21st century solutions. Digital Rx info is one of the safest & fastest ways to ensure patient safety.
16 Dec 2025
As debates over environmental responsibility intensify across industries, one thing is clear: every sheet of paper has a footprint and now we can measure it more accurately than ever.
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Outdated paper labeling delays safety updates, drives up costs, and creates massive waste. Digital prescribing information would deliver the same FDA-approved content—faster, safer, and more sustainably.
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It’s 2025, but prescribing information is still printed and shipped on paper — tens of *billions* of pages a year. Providers already get updates online. It’s time for FDA rules to catch up and make labeling digital-first.
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The government may be shut down, but all the insane, burdensome red tape isn’t. Outdated regulation alone is costing:
đź“„Â 90 billion sheets of paper
🌲 10 million trees lost
💧 11 billion gallons of water wasted
⏳ 11 years since the FDA first proposed going digital
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Online prescribing information is preferred by medical professionals, updated in real-time, and is easily accessible. We want to #ModernizeRXInfo because it puts patients first.
Learn more: modernizeprescribinginfo.com…
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The requirement to print prescribing information was written in 1962. That's far too long to wait for an update to the rules.
It's time to #ModernizeRXInfo!
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🚨 SHOCKING → 90 BILLION pieces of paper are still printed each year because 1960s-era government red tape requires often outdated info to be sent on paper to pharmacists instead of digitally like they prefer.
The Environmental Paper Network expertly explains how modernizing prescribing information is better for healthcare professionals, cuts costs, and saves trees.
19 Sep 2025
The US still prints 90B sheets of paper each year for drug inserts. A new bipartisan bill would give
@US_FDA authority to move to digital prescribing info, cutting waste, lowering costs & improving care. @WhatsNYourPapr
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#Policy #Sustainability
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.@EliLillyandCo's Diogo Rau nails why we need the Prescription Information Modernization Act: “It’s better for the environment, but it’s also better for society because it just makes things more accessible to everybody that’s out there.”
3 Sep 2025
Cutting 90B paper inserts is an environmental win, but the bigger impact is accessibility. Digital drug info helps patients with vision, language, or motor challenges better understand their meds. @EliLillyandCo
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#Pharma #DigitalHealth
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Thanks to @SenMullin, @SenBooker, @RepHarshbarger & @RepSherrill for introducing the Prescription Information Modernization Act of 2025!
It's time to cut waste & boost medical efficiency. 💪 24sight.news/p/lawmakers-pus…
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.@RepHarshbarger: "This bipartisan bill is a practical update that empowers healthcare professionals with real-time digital access, cuts waste, and ensures patients are receiving the most up-to-date information."
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eLabeling is the solution by providing FDA-approved drug details that are current, searchable, and easily accessible across digital devices.
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By 2021, over 90% of prescribers were using electronic prescribing, a sharp rise from 79% in 2019, and nearly all pharmacies now accept prescriptions digitally.
As healthcare continues to modernize, drug information must follow by becoming digital, trustworthy, and accessible.
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The future of prescribing is digital! We must move away from outdated paper labels toward real-time electronic updates—improving patient safety and cutting down on environmental waste.
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Prescribing info is printed, repackaged, and dumped—costing time, money, and the planet.
Electronic labeling means less waste, more impact. 🌱💊
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