Illinois Helps Residents Import Drugs
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Illinois residents will soon gain  access to lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, the United  Kingdom and Ireland, sidestepping U.S. regulators' objections  to imported drugs, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said on Tuesday.
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Maine is trying to find a way to import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, and is proposing to allow an American Indian tribe to distribute the imported drugs.
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New Mexico joined Illinois Thursday in saying it wants to buy flu vaccine from a foreign plant. The states are gambling that the shortage of vaccine might persuade the Food and Drug Administration to take the unusual step of letting a state import a vaccine.
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Importing cheaper drugs from up north isn't as simple as it seems
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CHICAGO Oct 26, 2004 - Illinois officials have located 200,000 more doses of flu vaccine in Europe, but the state still hasn&#39;t received federal approval to import those or any other supplies of vaccine they have tracked down on the international market.
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Kansas will be the fourth state to join Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich&#39;s prescription drug program I-SaveRx, which helps residents buy lower-cost medication from Europe and Canada, state officials said Tuesday.
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Ignoring a federal ban on prescription drug imports, Illinois' governor announced Tuesday that the state would have an online clearinghouse running within a month to help residents purchase drugs from Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom.    The state won't import the drugs itself, but plans to contract with a Canadian company to connect state residents with foreign pharmacies that have been approved by state health inspectors...
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Missouri Governor, Bob Holden authorized Missouriâs participation in the new I-SaveRx prescription drug importation program, the first program in the nation to allow citizens to purchase lower cost, safe prescription drugs from Europe and Canada.
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Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich said he&#39;ll establish a program to help people in the state to order prescription drugs from Canada, Ireland and the UK, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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Illinois authorities asked on Monday for federal approval to import from Europe thousands of doses of flu vaccine that the state located through its controversial program to buy cheaper medicines for older Americans.
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Illinois and Wisconsin have joined forces to launch the country&#39;s first program that allows the residents of Illinois and Wisconsin to purchase lower cost prescriptions from wholesalers in Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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Chicago - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Tuesday that his state will set up a network on the Web within the next month to help residents buy prescription drugs from Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
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Gov. Blagojevich drew the national spotlight Tuesday by announcing the most ambitious effort yet by a state to quell the rising cost of prescription drugs.
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Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday said the state will create a Web site for residents to buy cheaper prescription drugs outside the United States.
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The county that is home to the Food and Drug Administration took a first step Tuesday toward buying prescription drugs from Canada, despite FDA warnings that such a practice would be illegal.
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Kansas is joining three other states in a program aimed at helping residents import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada and Europe, Gov.
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The US Food and Drug Administration is concerned that Illinois&#39; plan to help residents buy prescription medications from the United Kingdom may open the door to counterfeit drugs from other countries that have less-stringent drug safeguards.