Posts by psm2016
Former police chief: Why Bernie Sanders’ drug-importation bill keeps me awake at night
This editorial by Derek Arnson appeared in the Washington Examiner on May 8, 2017. Mr. Arnson is the former Chief of Police in Nogales, Arizona.
[...]Economist: Drug Importation Will Not Improve Health Care Affordability
This editorial by Wayne Winegarden, Ph.D. appeared in Forbes on April 27, 2017. Dr. Winegarden is the Managing Editor for EconoSTATS and a senior Fellow in Business and Economics at the Pacific Research Institute.
[...]Editorial by Former Canadian Health Minister: “Dear Bernie Sanders: Canada is not the United States’ drugstore”
his editorial by Leona Aglukkaq appeared in the Washington Post on May 12, 2017. Leona Aglukkaq was a member of Canadian House of Commons representing the riding of Nunavut until 2015. She previously served as Canada’s minister of health from 2008-2013.
[...]Carmichael: Drug Reimportation Isn’t Such A Great Idea After All
Ellen L. Carmichael’s editorial appeared in The Hayride on May 5, 2017. Carmichael formerly served as press secretary to now-Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, M.D. She is currently president of The Lafayette Company.
[...]A Patient Speaks Out: “Drug importation is dangerous.”
Ali Schroer wrote this editorial for the Washington Examiner on May 10, 2017.
Like millions of Americans, I take allergy medicine. A few years ago, my doctor urged me to bid farewell to my local pharmacy and instead buy my medication from an online Canadian drug store, where it was cheaper. What terrible advice! The website was counterfeit and sent me “medicine” that was anything but — causing me to get severely sick . . .
[...]Karavetsos: Keep U.S. supply of prescription drugs uncorrupted
George Karavetsos, former head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Criminal Investigations wrote this editorial for the Miami Herald on May 6, 2017.
[...]North Carolina News Station Warns about Counterfeit Prescription Drugs for Sale Online
A Greensboro, North Carolina news station, WFMY News2, is warning viewers that the Internet is filled with fake online pharmacies that sell counterfeit drugs. In the television segment accompanying the story, WFMY shared surveillance images of a suspected drop-shipper posting up to 80 packages of counterfeit medications a day. The U.S. Postal Inspector WFMY spoke…
[...]Online Pharmacy Executive Fights Extradition on Fake Cancer Drug Charges
Narinder Kaulder, head of Operations for River East, a company named in the Canada Drugs indictment, is currently fighting extradition from England on charges he was part of the conspiracy that sold counterfeit cancer medication to U.S. oncology clinics in 2012, the Daily Mail reports. According to the CanadaDrugs Indictment, lot number B6011 of Avastin that…
[...]Hill Editorial Warns of Health Risks Resulting from Drug Importation Proposals
Ronald Piervincenzi, CEO of the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention describes the dangerous flaws in any plan to open up U.S. borders to wholesale prescription medication importation from Canada.
[...]Experts Question the Merit of Drug Importation at PSM’s “Risking Safety at all Costs”
On April 4, 2017, the Partnership for Safe Medicines hosted “Risking Safety at all Costs: How Drug Importation is Dangerous Policy,” a half-day conference held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Over the course of the event, former FDA commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach, retired FBI Director Louis Freeh and a diverse group of…
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