Posts Tagged ‘Canadian drug importation’
Partnership for Safe Medicines Statement on FDA Authorization of Colorado”s Section 804 Importation Program
“Colorado is now poised to repeat Florida’s failed attempt to implement Canadian drug importation,” said PSM Executive Director Shabbir Imber Safdar. “Since beginning their program in 2019, Florida has spent $132 million and still not imported a single unit of medicine, proving that these bulk importation programs are not reducing drug costs for Americans.”
[...]March Drug Importation Madness
For a pretty dead policy idea, bulk drug importation has had a lot of news lately. Get the update!
[...]Update on drug importation, February 2026
Well-meaning advocates continue to propose importing medicine from foreign countries to lower drug prices for Americans. Past efforts didn’t pay off financially and raised public health risks. Here’s the state of this issue today.
[...]June 17, 2024: FL continues to spend money on Canadian drug importation that doesn’t import medicine; GLP-1 phishing scams increase
Florida still has not imported a single pill, patients seeking GLP-1 medicines at increased risk from phishing scams, the counterfeit medicine news from three other countries.
[...]Colorado’s Canadian Rx import plan fuels counterfeit Ozempic dangers
Executive Director Shabbir Safdar’s editorial ran on May 15, 2024 in Colorado Politics
[...]Florida’s final submission: November 2023 documents for its Canadian drug importation program
The state of Florida provided these FOIA-responsive documents to PSM for the state’s final and ultimately approved application to establish a Canadian drug importation program.
[...]Colorado updates drug importation proposal, cuts list of meds by 88, adds Ozempic
Colorado’s updated Canadian drug importation application to the FDA cuts the drug list from 112 to 24 and adds Ozempic to the list of medicines it wants from Canadians.
[...]Florida’s October 20, 2023 Section 804 Proposal for the Importation of Prescription Drugs from Canada
Florida’s October 20, 2023 SIP application is the second to last application before FDA approval. The final application was filed on November 16, 2023.
[...]PSM files a supplement to citizen petition opposing Florida’s importation proposal
In September, the Partnership for Safe Medicines and others filed a supplement to our 2021 Citizen’s Petition asking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services not to authorize Florida’s Canadian Drug Importation Plan.
[...]Decision on Florida’s importation program delayed
A delay in Florida’s response to FDA questions means the agency’s decision won’t be by October 31 after all.
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