Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jul 2019
Trump administration is drafting plan to allow US consumers to import drugs from Canada
30 July 2019 - Trump is working on a proposal that would allow the U.S. to import drugs from Canada, HHS Secretary Alex Azar says.
“I just got off the phone with him,” Azar, who was speaking on “Squawk Box, ” said of Trump. “Working on a plan on how we can import drugs safely and effectively from Canada so the American people get the benefit of the deals that pharma themselves are striking with other countries.”
It’s unclear exactly what the proposal would look like. But Trump has previously supported a plan by U.S. lawmakers who have said they can lower high prescription drug costs by approving imports from Canada, where prices are lower.
