AARP statement on FDA’s prescription drugs importation approval for Florida

8 January 2024 - AARP Executive Vice President and Chief Advocacy and Engagement Officer Nancy LeaMond issued the following statement ...

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Florida is first state allowed to import drugs from Canada in bid to reduce costs

5 January 2024 - FDA’s decision could change the way Americans obtain prescription medicines. ...

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FDA to import more Chinese cancer drugs amid shortage

10 July 2023 - The FDA is opening the way for more cancer drugs from China as the US continues ...

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Alberta’s import of children’s medication to cost taxpayers $80 million

9 March 2023 - Alberta taxpayers are on the hook for $80 million, after Health Minister Jason Copping finally revealed ...

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Governor Ron DeSantis announces lawsuit against Biden Administration’s reckless delay of Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program

31 August 2022 - Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced a lawsuit against the US FDA in response to their unreasonable delay ...

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Importing medicines from overseas: guidance needed

25 July 2022 - If a doctor is aware that an expensive medicine their patient desperately needs is available from a ...

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Drug importation is dangerous and won’t lower prices

9 June 2022 - Federal and state governments continually insert themselves into the medical marketplace in an attempt to lower prescription ...

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Sanders 'delighted' DeSantis asked White House to import Canadian prescription drugs

16 June 2021 - Senator Bernie Sanders said in an interview published on Wednesday that he was "delighted" that Florida ...

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White House asks court to dismiss lawsuit over drug imports

31 May 2021 - The Biden administration is urging a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit that could stand in the ...

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Importing prescription drugs from Canada — legal and practical problems with the Trump Administration’s proposal

7 May 2020 - The Trump administration has proposed a rule that, if finalised, would allow states to develop programs to ...

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Maine moves closer to importation of medicine from Canada

19 February 2020 - A committee of the Maine Legislature moved the state closer to wholesale importation of prescription drugs ...

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FDA calls states’ bluffs on drug importation

18 February 2020 - For decades, critics of the U.S. drug pricing system have advocated importing drugs from Canada as ...

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Why Canada won't end up as the drugstore to the U.S.

16 January 2020 - Although in theory the new U.S. import proposals could significantly affect Canadians and their drug supplies, their ...

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Trump's drug importation plan faces resistance in US, Canada

1 December 2019 - President Trump’s proposal to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada faces significant headwinds from U.S. pharmaceutical ...

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Trump says drug importation plan coming 'soon'

22 November 2019 - President Trump on Friday said he will “soon” be releasing a plan to allow the U.S. ...

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