Safe Drug Imports Would Be Difficult --US Study
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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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The country's import-safety system has not kept pace with an increase in foreign goods, a panel appointed by President Bush said yesterday. Federal agencies should do a better job of coordinating oversight, the panel said, though it stopped short of calling for a single agency to oversee imports.
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Description: A Bush administration task force has raised serious doubts about whether drugs imported from abroad can be made safe.
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Americans should feel reasonably safe taking government-approved prescription drugs - with a few caveats - even after a popular arthritis medication was pulled from the market, medical experts say.
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It has been a tough three years for the Food and Drug Administration, which until recently was credited with providing the United States with the safest drug supply in the world.
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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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It is impossible to ensure the safety of imported drugs purchased individually by American consumers, and even a federally run program of bulk importation would pose medical and
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When it comes to blocking the importation of prescription drugs from Canada, pharmacists are a creative bunch. First, they sited safety concerns, but ignored the statistics that show US pharmacies are just
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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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Americans are skeptical of imported food and other products after repeated safety scares, said lawmakers on Wednesday, who want to give the Food and Drug Administration more power to inspect imports and recall defective ones.
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President Bush dangled his support for legalizing prescription drug imports before voters during this year&#39;s campaign, but his administration declared Tuesday it&#39;s too costly to do safely.
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Americans should feel reasonably safe taking government-approved prescription drugs &#151; with a few caveats &#151; even after a popular arthritis medication was pulled from the market, medical experts say.
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NEW YORK -- Only 4 percent of Americans have ever used the Internet to buy prescription drugs -- and even fewer do so through foreign pharmacies -- despite websites maintained by a handful of states to help citizens import medicines more cheaply from Canada, a new study finds.
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Importing drugs from Canada and other nations where prices are lower wouldn&#39;t generate enough savings for US consumers to justify the risks, regulatory costs or harm to the drug industry, a federal task force found.
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He said pressure is building in Congress to allow lower-priced drugs to be imported from Canada and elsewhere but that it's still unclear whether it could "harm our citizens."
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Despite rising drug costs and increased pressure to import cheaper drugs from abroad, a Pew study finds that not many Americans buy prescription drugs through the internet. Most feel drugs purchased online are not as safe.
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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.