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Sat Jan 6, 2024, 02:14 AM Jan 2024

Florida can import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada, US regulators say

Florida can import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada, US regulators say


The Food and Drug Administration on Friday cleared the way for Florida’s first-in-the-nation plan to import lower-priced prescription drugs from Canada, a long-sought approach to accessing cheaper medications that follows decades of frustration with U.S. drug prices.

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the plan into law in 2019, but it required federal review and approval by the FDA, which controls prescription drug imports.

Democratic President Joe Biden has backed such programs as a way to lower prices, signing an executive order in 2021 that directed the FDA to work with states on imports.

The policy change represented a seismic shift after decades of lobbying by the pharmaceutical industry, which said imports would expose U.S. patients to risks of counterfeit or adulterated drugs. The FDA also previously warned of the difficulties of assuring the safety of drugs originating from outside the U.S.

But the politics have shifted in recent years, with both parties — including former President Donald Trump — doubling down on the import approach.
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Florida can import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada, US regulators say (Original Post) In It to Win It Jan 2024 OP
beginning of the end for the 400 dollar inhaler? Blues Heron Jan 2024 #1
Sounds pretty 'woke', to me. 70sEraVet Jan 2024 #2
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