Canada May Limit Cross-Border Pharmacies
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Canada is considering options to clamp down on the &#36;850 billion a year cross-border Internet pharmacy prescription drug trade by month's end, a Canadian health ministry official said Wednesday.
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Canadian pharmacies must stop exporting huge amounts of prescription drugs to the United States and elsewhere or Canada will face domestic shortages, a coalition of groups representing pharmacies, patients, and seniors has warned.
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Drug store chain Rx Depot Inc. has  promised to abandon its business helping Americans import  prescription drugs from Canada, the U.S. Food and Drug  Administration said on Friday.
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Canada may have to toughen up rules on Internet pharmacies&#39; sales of medicines to the United States, Industry Minister David Emerson said on Friday, amid public concerns of shortages or price spikes despite controls.
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OTTAWA, Nov. 1 -- Canada&#39;s Liberal government reintroduced legislation Monday to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana, drawing criticism that this could prompt a clampdown at the US border.
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Canada's top health official warned yesterday that his government may try to stop prescription drug shipments to US consumers if the trade keeps growing.
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the Mecca of Canada&#39;s $800-million-a-year online pharmacy industry - were pleading for their lives yesterday in the face of a government crackdown that
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The county that is home to the Food and Drug Administration took a first step Tuesday toward buying prescription drugs from Canada, despite FDA warnings that such a practice would be illegal.
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Merck &amp; Co. , the second-biggest US drug maker, this week started shutting off sales to Canadian pharmacies exporting drugs to American patients, adding to manufacturers' efforts to disrupt the cross-border trade.
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The Department of Homeland Security agreed to stop confiscating prescription drugs mailed from Canadian pharmacies, Senator Bill Nelson said Tuesday.
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Ignoring a federal ban on prescription drug imports, Illinois' governor announced Tuesday that the state would have an online clearinghouse running within a month to help residents purchase drugs from Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom.    The state won't import the drugs itself, but plans to contract with a Canadian company to connect state residents with foreign pharmacies that have been approved by state health inspectors...
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With the click of a computer mouse, visitors to government Web sites in four states can fill orders for prescription drugs from private pharmacies in Canada.
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TORONTO (CP) - Cross-border Internet pharmacies threaten to drain precious  supplies needed to treat sick Canadians and could lead to a "full-scale disaster" for the health system, a coalition of groups representing seniors, pharmacies and patients warned Monday.
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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 Bush administration said yesterday that commercial importation of some low-cost prescription drugs from Canada might be feasible, but the savings to consumers
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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.
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WINNIPEG (CP) - The re-election of President George W. Bush should soothe fears that the cross-border prescription drug trade will lead to crippling shortages for Canadians, a spokesman for the Internet pharmacy industry said Wednesday.