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Cross-border medicine trade back in spotlight

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

U.S. President Barack Obama’s $3.55-trillion (U.S.) budget included one sentence that could reopen a long simmering debate in Canada – how much access Americans should have to inexpensive medicines from Canada.
For years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has made it difficult for Americans to import drugs from other countries, including Canada, citing concerns about safety. But that has not stopped many Internet pharmacies from sprouting up (more…)

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Obama’s cross-border prescription drug trade plans watched closely

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

S. “Our system is designed to meet the needs of 30 million Canadians, it is not designed to meet the needs of 300 million U. “But I think we have to wait to see what the whole health-care package is going to look like in the States. administration eyeing price controls
Nevertheless, cross-border trade in prescription medications sold over the Internet is estimated to have been more than $1 billion US annually. ”
If the U. S. S. Drug prices (more…)

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