FDA's home county eyes Canadian drugs
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The county that is home to the Food and Drug Administration took a first step yesterday toward buying prescription drugs from Canada, despite FDA warnings that such a practice would be illegal.
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Montgomery County's plans to make Canadian prescription drugs available to employees has hit a snag after an analysis by the school system concluded that the practice won't save as much money as hoped and could be more expensive than domestic sources for drugs.
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Importing cheaper drugs from up north isn't as simple as it seems
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The Montgomery County Council voted today to begin buying medications in Canada, joining a handful of local governments and nearly 2 million U.S. consumers in defying federal law.
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WINNIPEG (CP) - It will take more than tough talk from politicians or changes to federal law to catch Canadian doctors who co-sign Internet pharmacy prescriptions, say medical and pharmacy watchdogs.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia  -- Carla Coco-Boutte stepped off the train for a brief Canadian excursion, but she wasn't looking for typical souvenirs such as aboriginal carvings or smoked salmon. The 51-year-old former airline employee planned to return to her home in Santa Barbara, Calif., with an armload of prescription drugs she bought at a fraction of what she would pay at home...
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The pharmaceutical industry, fighting to defeat proposals that would give U.S. patients easier access to cheaper Canadian drugs, is making the most of its chance for face time with lawmakers at the GOP convention...
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Rhode Island has become what is believed to be the first state in the nation to approve regulations that allow its residents to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada.
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The US government said yesterday that intercepted drugs purportedly sent from Canada, made and shipped elsewhere, had been subject to Canadian recall and had cheaper generic counterparts in the United States.
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Allowing imported drugs from Canada, as the Montgomery County Council is considering, is a potentially dangerous decision based on politics and economics rather than on established pharmaceutical best practices [letters, Aug. 7].
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A drug company executive who spoke out in support of Montgomery County's proposal to import drugs from Canada said that his company has launched an investigation into his political activities.
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Illinois residents will soon be able to  buy lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, the United  Kingdom and Ireland, sidestepping U.S. regulators' objections  to imported drugs, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said on Tuesday.
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A drug company executive who spoke out in support of Montgomery County's proposal to import drugs from Canada and similar legislation before Congress said that his company has launched an investigation into his political activities.
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WASHINGTON The Bush administration is saying that commercial importation of some low-cost prescription drugs from Canada might be feasible, but the savings to consumers would be small, and the federal government would have to spend several hundred million
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BOSTON -- Canada&#39;s health minister said Wednesday that his country &quot;cannot be the drug store of the United States&quot; - a warning that comes as several states are pushing to buy low-cost prescription drugs north of the border.
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Like many discriminating shoppers, Sharon Burzan and her husband Vern want to find the best price for their prescription drugs - even if it means ordering them from Winnipeg, Canada.
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WASHINGTON (CP) - In a nod to the reality that Canada can&#39;t begin to provide all the cheaper prescription drugs Americans want, Illinois is adding European suppliers.