Pharmacist groups warn against drugs-from-Canada program
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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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The US Food and Drug Administration is concerned that Illinois&#39; plan to help residents buy prescription medications from the United Kingdom may open the door to counterfeit drugs from other countries that have less-stringent drug safeguards.
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The government said Tuesday that intercepted drugs purportedly sent from Canada were made and shipped elsewhere, had been subject to Canadian recall and had cheaper generic counterparts in the United States.
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VANCOUVER (CP) - Ottawa will not speed the creation of a national pharmacare program to deal with the growing flood of Americans who come to Canada to buy up supplies of cheaper prescription drugs.
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The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration warned GlaxoSmithKline Plc  on Thursday over  misleading advertisements touting its hypertension drug called  Coreg.
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Some Canadian pharmacies are looking at countries like Britain, Ireland and New Zealand for their drug supplies as demand from the US increases, USA Today said.
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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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WASHINGTON - The government said Tuesday that intercepted drugs purportedly sent from Canada were made and shipped elsewhere, had been subject to Canadian recall and had cheaper generic counterparts in the United States.
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The same brand names are sometimes  used for different drugs in different countries, posing a risk  for people who import cheaper medicines from abroad, a U.S.  group warned on Thursday.
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Many Canadian internet pharmacies supplying Amer-icans with cheap prescription drugs will be forced to close under new licensing restrictions proposed by regulators in the prairie province of Manitoba.
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O, CANADA: U.S. states are looking to countries other than Canada to get cheaper prescription drugs for their citizens, fearing Canadians may soon stop allowing such sales to their southern neighbors.
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Importing cheaper prescription  medicines would require costly safety measures and save U.S.  consumers little money, a government task force said on Tuesday  in a report that lawmakers and others criticized as echoing  drug industry scare tactics.
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Thatâs right! We should not be seeking out and buying prescription drugs that rightfully belong to our Canadian neighbors. By filling prescriptions at Canadian pharmacies, we are threatening the very quality
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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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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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Canadian pharmaceutical officials say US drug regulators appear to have a double standard for importing Canadian drugs, the Globe and Mail reports.
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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.