U.S. to Stop Seizing Prescription Drugs Imported for Personal Use
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The federal government is scaling back its efforts to intercept personal prescription orders mailed from Canada and other countries, a step that could make it easier for consumers to obtain cheaper drugs from abroad.
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THE ARGUMENT: Consumers would see little savings from a government-sanctioned system of prescription drug imports from Canada, and imported drugs carry safety concerns, the Bush administration says.
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For years, the Bush administration - at the behest of the pharmaceutical industry â-as been blocking access to cheaper FDA-approved prescription drugs imported from Canada because it claimed they were not safe.
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The Bush administration said yesterday that commercial importation of some low-cost prescription drugs from Canada might be feasible, but the savings to consumers
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Canada may halt shipments of prescription drugs to the United States if sales grow so much that they cause drug shortages in Canada, Canadian Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh warned during a speech Wednesday at Harvard Medical School.
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The prescription bottle may say &quot;Made in England,&quot; but the Food and Drug Administration worries that Illinois&#39; plan to help residents buy drugs from the United Kingdom may also allow counterfeit drugs from other countries.
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The Food and Drug Administration announced an initiative to prevent theft and counterfeiting of prescription drugs through the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology.
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BOSTON (CBS.MW) -- The US Food and Drug Administration may soon take legal action against states that insist on importing prescription drugs from foreign drug retailers, a senior agency official says.
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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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Rx Depot Inc. has agreed to stop  helping Americans import prescription drugs from Canada, the  U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday.
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Federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh is calling on doctors and pharmacists to stop the &quot;unethical practice&quot; of selling prescription drugs to Americans.
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WASHINGTON -- Efforts to allow Americans access to cheaper prescription drugs from abroad should blossom once Democrats assume control in Congress, but the issue won't be a top priority, lawmakers and healthcare experts said.
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As more and more Americans buy their drugs from Canadian pharmacies, authorities in Canada are becoming so concerned about domestic supplies that a top official said the Canadian government may halt shipments to the US if the trade continues to grow.
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Making imported drugs safe for US consumers would be so expensive that US consumers would see a price break of only about 1 percent, the Bush administration contends.
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The United States is cracking down  on the growing trade in counterfeit and pirated goods that  costs U.S. businesses hundreds of billions of dollar annually,  U.S. government and industry officials said on Monday.
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BIG-NAME retailers in the US want to stop the Bush administration from curbing the import of popular Chinese-made apparel and textiles.
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Abuse of prescription drugs is about to exceed the use of illicit street narcotics worldwide, and the shift has spawned a lethal new trade in counterfeit painkillers, sedatives and other medicines potent enough to kill, a global watchdog warned Wednesday.