Bush Task Force Calls Drug Importation Unsafe
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Description: A Bush Administration task force releases a report that finds importing drugs from countries with price-controls offers little savings and introduces safety concerns.
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It has been a tough three years for the Food and Drug Administration, which until recently was credited with providing the United States with the safest drug supply in the world.
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Allowing imported drugs from Canada, as the Montgomery County Council is considering, is a potentially dangerous decision based on politics and economics rather than on established pharmaceutical best practices [letters, Aug. 7].
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Weeks before President Bush announced a plan to protect African babies from AIDS, top U.S. health officials were warned that research on the key drug was flawed and may have underreported thousands of severe reactions including deaths, government documents show.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. Alabama&#39;s Medicaid officials have looked into it and many have done it, but a new government report from the Health and Human Services Task Force on Importation warns that importing cheap
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Americans would be better off if they increased their use of generic prescription drugs instead of being allowed to buy drugs from other countries, according to a Bush Administration task force report on the feasibility of legalizing drug imports.
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Importing cheaper prescription drugs  should not come at the expense of safety, said a U.S.  government report issued on Tuesday that highlighted the  problems of ensuring the medicines are equivalent to those in  the United States.
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The Bush administration and some of its critics squared off over whether the Food and Drug Administration is doing an adequate job overseeing drug safety, and whether the agency needs major reforms. White House Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr. said it is doing a "spectacular" job.
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Pfizer Inc. , Merck &amp; Co. , and fellow drug makers thought Republican congressional majorities and President Bush's reelection created a firewall against legal prescription drug imports. The wall is starting to crack.
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A top Food and Drug Administration official said on Thursday she disagrees with an agency scientist&#39;s warning that five drugs on the market have significant safety risks.
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Two top administration officials Wednesday rebutted claims that costs could be lowered if President Bush would allow drug importation and permit the government to negotiate with drugmakers on behalf of senior citizens.
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WASHINGTON - A Bush administration task force recommended strongly yesterday against permitting US citizens to import lower-cost prescription drugs from other countries, saying &quot;it would be extraordinarily difficult and costly&quot; to assure safety.
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It is impossible to ensure the safety of imported drugs purchased individually by American consumers, and even a federally run program of bulk importation would pose medical and
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Weeks before President Bush announced a plan to protect African babies from AIDS, top U.S. health officials were warned that research on the key drug was flawed and may have underreported thousands of severe reactions, including deaths, government documents show.
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President Bush said Wednesday that pressure is building in Congress to allow lower-priced drugs to be imported from Canada and elsewhere but that it's still unclear whether it would be safe.
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Importing cheaper prescription drugs should not come at the expense of safety, said a U.S. government report issued on Tuesday that highlighted the problems of ensuring the medicines are equivalent to those in the United States.
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U.S. lawmakers criticized the Food  and Drug Administration's monitoring of the risks of a  Sanofi-Aventis antibiotic and some other prescription drugs on  Tuesday.