Ill., Wisc. launch program to buy refill prescriptions abroad
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Illinois and Wisconsin on Monday launched the nation&#39;s first state-sponsored program to help residents buy cheaper prescription drugs from both Europe and Canada â-espite federal laws banning the practice.
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The state of Illinois is about to become a federal lawbreaker - and proud of it. Last week, it announced that in September it will help residents buy medicine from pre-screened pharmacies in Canada and Europe.
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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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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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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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Missouri joined Illinois and Wisconsin in a new drug-import program to make cheaper prescription drugs available from Canada and Europe despite a federal ban on the imports.
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Missouri on Thursday joined Illinois and Wisconsin in a drug-importation program that helps residents buy cheaper prescription drugs from Canada and Europe, despite a federal ban on the imports.
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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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Missouri is joining Illinois and Wisconsin in a new Internet program that helps residents buy cheaper prescription drugs from Canada and Europe despite a federal ban.
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WASHINGTON Federal regulators say an Illinois plan to help state residents buy prescription drugs from the United Kingdom may lead to imports from less-developed European nations.
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Wal-Mart said might also bring its program offering generic drugs for $4 a prescription to other states before the end of the year.
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Gov. Rod Blagojevich announced Monday that Illinois will alleviate the statewide flu vaccine shortage by purchasing a minimum of 30,000 vaccine doses from international drug
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Federal health officials said Thursday they might buy 5 million flu shots from Germany and Canada to combat a severe shortage in the
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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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Although the volume of prescription drugs and drug ingredients coming into the country from foreign manufacturers in developing nations such as India and China has exploded in recent years, the Food and Drug Administration's budget for foreign inspections has not kept pace and will be lower in 20...
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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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Patients in Wales are getting cheaper prescriptions -  the first step towards fulfilling a Labour promise to scrap them.