Illinois, Wisconsin launch program to buy refill prescriptions ...
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Illinois and Wisconsin on Monday launched the country&#39;s first state-sponsored program to help residents buy cheaper prescription drugs from both Canada and Europe - despite federal laws banning the practice.
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Chicago, IL, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Illinois is defying the federal government with a new plan to make it safe and easy for residents to buy cheaper prescription drugs from Canada and Europe.
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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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District officials, in an effort to offer residents access to cheaper prescription drugs, have placed a link on the city Web site to a guide for ordering drugs from Canadian pharmacies.
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Only 1,200 people have signed on to Gov. Rod Blagojevich&#39;s program to help residents in Illinois, Wisconsin and Missouri import prescription drugs from Europe and Canada, but
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Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois, one of several leaders of state efforts to buy prescription drugs from outside the United States, says he has found at least 30,000 doses of flu vaccine
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Kansas joins three other states in a program that makes lower-cost drugs from abroad available to all residents. BY STEVE PAINTER.
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WASHINGTON -- The Illinois governor's ambitious plan to help that state's residents buy prescription drugs from Britain also may permit drug imports from Europe's developing nations, the Food and Drug Administration fears.
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Missouri is joining Illinois and Wisconsin in importing prescription drugs from Canada, Britain and Ireland. Gov. Bob Holden appeared at a news conference with Illinois Gov.
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Citing &quot;an urgent need&quot; at a time of flu vaccine shortages, Illinois asked for federal permission Monday to buy at least 30,000 vaccine doses from Europe for the state&#39;s nursing home residents.
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Missouri Gov. Bob Holden on Thursday added his support to the joint Illinois-Wisconsin drug-importation program that enables residents to skirt federal regulations and buy prescription drugs from Canada and Europe.
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Gov. Rod Blagojevich of Illinois has asked permission from federal authorities to buy 30,000 doses of flu vaccine from outside the United States.
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Citing "an urgent need" at a time of flu vaccine shortages, Illinois asked for federal permission Monday to buy at least 30,000 vaccine doses from Europe for the state's nursing home residents.
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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.
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Missouri is the third state to join the new I-SaveRx prescription drug importation program, allowing residents to buy lower-cost drugs from Europe and Canada than are generally available in the United States.
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The state today will kick off a new drug prescription program that could provide as many as 200,000 lower-income people an average cash savings of 20 percent on drug purchases.
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The Target Corporation expanded its $4 generic drug program to all of its pharmacies Monday, moving beyond states where it was matching a plan offered by its rival, Wal-Mart Stores.