AARP ads to back foreign drug purchases
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The AARP is launching a $500,000 ad campaign Sunday in 14 states pushing for Senate action on legislation that would let consumers buy U.S.-made prescription drugs from Canada and other countries.
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Description: A government task force is recommending against allowing people to import prescription drugs from other nations. The task force says it would be exceedingly difficult to guarantee that drugs imported
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Missouri is joining Illinois and Wisconsin in a new Internet program that helps residents buy cheaper prescription drugs from Canada and Europe despite a federal ban.
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Few American adults have bought  prescription drugs via the Internet, despite rising drug costs  and increased pressure to import cheaper drugs from abroad,  according to a new study released on Sunday.
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Americans with prostate cancer are traveling out of the country to receive a treatment that is not approved in the United States.
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TORONTO - Canadians must stop Americans from using Internet pharmacies to raid its medicine chest or face a drug shortage, a coalition of Canadian groups representing seniors, pharmacies and patients has warned.    The groups, claiming to represent 10 million Canadians, or about one-third the population, called on the Canadian government Monday to ban prescription drug exports...
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The issue of drug advertising directly aimed at consumers is becoming political.
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Only 4 percent of Americans have ever used the Internet to buy prescription drugs &#151; and even fewer do so through foreign pharmacies &#151; despite Web sites maintained by a handful of states to help citizens import medicines more cheaply from Canada, a new study finds.
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BOSTON (CBS.MW) -- The US Food and Drug Administration may soon take legal action against states that insist on importing prescription drugs from foreign drug retailers, a senior agency official says.
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDayNews) -- A new joint program in Illinois and Wisconsin to help residents buy cheaper prescription drugs from Canada and Europe is the latest challenge to the United States' ban on drug importation.
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ON DOC'S ORDERS: A poll for AARP of adults age 45 and older found nearly three-fourths of them support legalizing marijuana for medical use.
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Drugmakers get part of the job done outside of the U.S.
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Price increases for the 197 brand-name prescription drugs most widely used by older Americans slowed during the third quarter. Costs were up 0.5 percent, less than earlier in 2004 or during the same period last year, AARP said Monday.
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The pharmaceutical files another marketing application.
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HARTFORD, Conn. -- Connecticut pharmacists are adding their voices to those warning about the risks of importing prescription drugs.
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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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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.