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This bill, the Safeguarding Therapeutics Act, amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to give the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the authority to destroy counterfeit medical devices. Specifically, the bill allows the Secretary to destroy counterfeit devices valued at $2,500 or less without the opportunity for export, and it requires the Secretary to provide notice and an opportunity for the owner or consignee to challenge the decision to destroy the device before destroying any device. The bill also defines the term "counterfeit device" as a device that, without authorization, bears the trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark of a device manufacturer, processor, packer, or distributor other than the one who actually manufactured, processed, packed, or distributed the device.

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