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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Low-income Michigan residents who don&#39;t have prescription-drug coverage will be able to enroll in a statewide discount program starting today.
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Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Tuesday rolled out a program that will allow Kansans to buy prescription drugs from other countries over the Internet.
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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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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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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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Senior citizens and low-wage working Kansans now have access to lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada and Europe through a program announced Tuesday by Gov.
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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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The pharmacists&#39; associations in Missouri and Illinois have begun a campaign warning that a new multistate program for getting drugs by mail from Canada violates federal law and risks public health.
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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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Five nations launched an  initiative on Tuesday to raise at least $300 million next year  to buy generic drugs at steep volume discounts to fight AIDS,  tuberculosis and malaria in developing countries.
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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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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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First it was Illinois, now New York City is also attempting to get large orders of flu vaccines from Europe. Whether or not these foreign supplies will get FDA clearance is still unclear.
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Drugmakers get part of the job done outside of the U.S.
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With the click of a computer mouse, visitors to government Web sites in four states can fill orders for prescription drugs from private pharmacies in Canada.
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Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Tuesday that Illinois will become the first state in the nation to allow the import of pharmaceuticals from Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom.