Study doubts drug-import benefits
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Americans eager to import less-expensive prescription drugs from outside the country got disappointing news Tuesday from the Bush administration.
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U.S. customs officials will still  seize prescription drugs imported from Canada through the mail  but will hand over enforcement to federal health officials in a  policy reversal that one lawmaker said would benefit consumers  seeking cheaper medicines.
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A series of surprising findings about some of the most widely accepted assumptions in medicine has renewed debate about how aggressively doctors use drugs to prevent and treat some of the nation's leading health problems.
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Experts say that importing drugs from countries that control their prices would not make drugs cheaper in the U.S.
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Legalizing prescription drug imports would cost $3 billion a year to regulate, would reduce new drug research by undermining industry profits, and would not save Americans as much money as advocates claim, the Bush administration said yesterday.
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The billions that drug companies  spend on personal visits to promote new drugs and hand out free  samples to doctors have little effect on how doctors prescribe  drugs, according to a study published on Wednesday.
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Consumers would see little savings from a government-sanctioned system of prescription drug imports from Canada, and imported drugs carry safety concerns.
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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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Efforts to allow Americans access to cheaper prescription drugs from abroad should blossom once Democrats assume control in Congress, but it won't be a top priority, lawmakers and health care experts said.
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An American government task force concluded that importing cheaper drugs into the USA would eventually save consumers very little money because the safety measures would be too expensive.
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A Bush administration task force recommended strongly Tuesday against letting US citizens import lower-cost prescription drugs from other countries, saying &quot;it
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Few American adults have bought  prescription drugs via the Internet, despite rising drug costs  and increased pressure to import cheaper drugs from abroad,  according to a new study released on Sunday.
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About two-thirds of Food and Drug Administration scientists are less than fully confident in the agency's monitoring of the safety of prescription drugs now being sold.
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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 economic risks
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With an ever-larger percentage of prescription drugs and drug ingredients coming to the U.S. market from developing nations such as China and India, Congress is voicing concern that the number of inspections of those plants by the Food and Drug Administration has grown far more slowly.
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The administration said legalizing imported prescription drugs would probably hurt the development of new drugs for Americans.
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Importing cheaper prescription medicines would require costly safety measures and save US consumers little money, a government task force said on Tuesday in a report