Canada Eyes Internet Pharmacy Sales to US
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Canada may have to toughen up rules on Internet pharmacies&#39; sales of medicines to the United States, Industry Minister David Emerson said on Friday, amid public concerns of shortages or price spikes despite controls.
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The Canadian government signaled on Thursday it was ready to crack down on Internet pharmacies that send cheap medicine to the United States, often without Canadian doctors having seen the patients.
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Prime Minister Paul Martin denied on Friday that Canada was trying to drive Internet pharmacies out of business, despite Ottawa&#39;s recent complaints over drug sales to the United States.
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Canada&#39;s health minister said Wednesday that his country &quot;cannot be the drug store of the United States&quot; -- a warning that comes as several states are pushing to buy low-cost prescription drugs north of the border.
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Over the last decade, the use of prescription drugs has exploded in Canada. Spending on such drugs has doubled and more Canadians are popping pills than ever before in an effort to treat everything from serious
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NEW YORK -- Only 4 percent of Americans have ever used the Internet to buy prescription drugs -- and even fewer do so through foreign pharmacies -- despite websites maintained by a handful of states to help citizens import medicines more cheaply from Canada, a new study finds.
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WASHINGTON (CP) - In a nod to the reality that Canada can&#39;t begin to provide all the cheaper prescription drugs Americans want, Illinois is adding European suppliers.
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CHICAGO - Gov. Rod Blagojevich announced Tuesday that the state will set up an Internet network within the next month to help Illinois residents buy prescription drugs from Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom...
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Despite rising drug costs and increased pressure to import cheaper drugs from abroad, a Pew study finds that not many Americans buy prescription drugs through the internet. Most feel drugs purchased online are not as safe.
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TORONTO - Canadians must stop Americans from using Internet pharmacies to raid its medicine chest or face a drug shortage, a coalition of Canadian groups representing seniors, pharmacies and patients has warned.    The groups, claiming to represent 10 million Canadians, or about one-third the population, called on the Canadian government Monday to ban prescription drug exports...
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Only 4 percent of Americans have ever used the Internet to buy prescription drugs - and even fewer do so through foreign pharmacies - despite Web sites maintained by a handful of states to help citizens import medicines more cheaply from Canada, a new study finds.
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Canadian health officials are drafting a proposal to prevent Internet pharmacies from selling mail-order prescription drugs to U.S. consumers, a spokesman said Wednesday, a move that would essentially kill a &#36;700 million industry that has become increasingly popular with underinsured patients in search of cheaper medicine.
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Gov. Rod Blagojevich announced Tuesday that the state will set up an Internet network within the next month to help Illinois residents buy prescription drugs from Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
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Internet sales of prescription drugs to U.S. consumers could be banned by Canada if a proposal being drafted by health officials is approved, changes that would essentially kill a &#36;700 million industry that has become increasingly popular with underinsured patients in search of cheaper medicine.
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The US government said yesterday that intercepted drugs purportedly sent from Canada, made and shipped elsewhere, had been subject to Canadian recall and had cheaper generic counterparts in the United States.
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Missourians may immediately start participating in Illinois&#39; new mail-order system for buying cheaper prescription drugs from a provider in Canada, Gov.
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That&#39;s according to Canada&#39;s health minister. Speaking at Harvard Medical School on Wednesday, Ujjal Dosanjh says Canada can&#39;t be the &quot;drug store of the United States.