Internet pharmacies blamed for drug shortages
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Some Canadians say they are having problems getting supplies of their prescription drugs and they blame the Internet pharmacy business for it.
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India and China, countries where the Food and Drug Administration rarely conducts quality-control inspections, have become major suppliers of low-cost drugs and drug ingredients to American consumers. Analysts say their products are becoming pervasive in the generic and over-the-counter marketplace.
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Millions regularly buy prescription drugs in spite of risk they could be sold fakes, research shows
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WINNIPEG (CP) - The re-election of President George W. Bush should soothe fears that the cross-border prescription drug trade will lead to crippling shortages for Canadians, a spokesman for the Internet pharmacy industry said Wednesday.
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The sudden, major flu vaccine shortage that shocked health authorities last week highlights two vulnerabilities in the nation&#39;s immunization system: a reliance on a few private manufacturers that use old technology, and government&#39;s faith that companies
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Survey: A majority of prescription drug takers don't purchase their medications online.
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Half of the Viagra tablets bought on the internet could be fakes, research suggested today. Researchers analysed samples of the impotence drug bought online using
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WINNIPEG - Key players in Manitoba&#39;s internet drug industry are meeting Monday to try to come up with a way to keep internet pharmacies operating in the province.
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WINNIPEG (CP) - Internet pharmacists in Manitoba hoping to avert a regulatory crackdown that could drive the industry out of the province, if not Canada, may have pried open a sliver of opportunity Monday.
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NEW YORK  - Physicians frequently fail to   provide patients with all the information they should have when   they're prescribed new medication, investigators in California   report.
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Despite rising drug costs and increased pressure to import cheaper drugs from abroad, a Pew study finds that not many Americans buy prescription drugs through the internet. Most feel drugs purchased online are not as safe.
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LONDON - Global and U.S. health officials warned Tuesday of major flu shot shortages after British health officials abruptly pulled the license of the maker of half the U.S...
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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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Canadians must stop Americans from using Internet pharmacies to raid its medicine chest or face a drug shortage, a coalition of Canadian groups representing seniors, pharmacies and patients has warned.    The groups, claiming to represent 10 million Canadians, or about one-third the population, called on the Canadian government Monday to ban prescription drug exports...
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Only 4 percent of Americans have ever used the Internet to buy prescription drugs &#151; and even fewer do so through foreign pharmacies &#151; despite Web sites maintained by a handful of states to help citizens import medicines more cheaply from Canada, a new study finds.
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OTTAWA - Canada&#39;s highly successful price-control regime for prescription drugs could be at stake in the controversy over Internet drug exports, says Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh.
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People going online seeking pills to relieve a variety of conditions are shipped a powerful anti-psychotic drug instead, an investigation by health officials reveals. By the Associated Press.