Bush Says Importing Medicines 'Makes Sense' if Safe
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President Bush, facing growing anger among senior citizens over the high cost of prescription drugs and a virtual revolt by some states, conceded on Wednesday it "makes sense" for Americans to be able to import cheaper medicines as long as they are safe.
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U.S. lawmakers and health officials  are moving to give more independence to an office that reviews  drug safety, but some experts say ensuring medicines are  studied after they hit the market is more important than the  bureaucratic pecking order.
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WASHINGTON The Food and Drug Administration is vowing to appoint a director of drug safety and take other steps to ensure the safety of medications.
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A task force led by the U.S. Surgeon General is still drafting its report on drug importation, but one conclusion is already clear: Savvy shoppers can find cheaper prescription drugs in American pharmacies.
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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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President Bush said free-trade policies making it easier for U.S. companies to sell their products globally are important to economic vitality
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WASHINGTON - A Bush administration task force recommended strongly yesterday against permitting US citizens to import lower-cost prescription drugs from other countries, saying &quot;it would be extraordinarily difficult and costly&quot; to assure safety.
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The Food and Drug Administration has signed off on the safety of a portion of five (m) million doses that are available from plants in Canada and Germany.
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Despite having left the door open to the possibility of allowing the importation of drugs, yesterday the Bush administration reinforced its opposition to importation of prescription drugs from Canada and other countries.
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News reports say top US health officials knew that a key AIDS drug President Bush has promoted for use in Africa can cause severe side effects, including death.
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Drug safety measures pending in the House of Representatives may burden regulators without protecting patients from dangerous medicines, a senior Food and Drug Administration official told lawmakers on Tuesday.
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The Bush administration expressed cautious optimism that security would be strong enough to assure valid results.
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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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The Bush administration proposed on  Monday a 24 percent increase in funding for the Food and Drug  Administration office that monitors the safety of drugs after  they hit the market.
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President Bush on Tuesday approved changes aimed at modernizing the country's controls on the export of sensitive products to foreign nations. U.S. manufacturers said the changes should boost the ability of American companies to make overseas sales.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has targeted five regions around the world where it would like to establish a greater presence to monitor the safety of exported food, drugs and other goods, the top FDA official said on Thursday.
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A Bush administration task force recommended strongly Tuesday against letting US citizens import lower-cost prescription drugs from other countries, saying &quot;it