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Texas State Senate Passes Dangerous Foreign Drug Importation Program
With the passage of HB 25 in the Texas State Senate and Governor Abbott’s impending signature, Texas is poised to become the seventh state in the U.S. to attempt to create a program to import medicine from Canada. This policy has failed in six other states, cost taxpayers millions of dollars, and drawn opposition from the Canadian government.
[...]Protect Your Patients and Your Practice
PSM and the American Medical Women’s Association worked together on this resource, which tells physicians the basics about counterfeit medicine.
[...]PSM Response To The Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) Request For Information
PSM provided our thoughts to the US Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee when they requested input on the authorization of the Pandemic All Hazards Preparedness Act.
[...]Watch PSM’s Briefing for the 118th Congress, Washington D.C., February 28, 2023
On Tuesday, February 28, 2023, the Partnership for Safe Medicines convened pharmacists, law enforcement, policy experts and family advocates to educate legislators about key issues in the fight against counterfeit medicines. Learn more and watch the briefing here.
[...]Why won’t Canadian drug importation work?
Why won’t Canadian drug importation work? Download our factsheet: Why won’t Canadian importation work?
[...]Pandemic counterfeits demonstrate the danger of Canadian drug importation
Pandemic counterfeits demonstrate the danger of Canadian drug importation Download our factsheet Pandemic counterfeits demonstrate the danger of Canadian drug importation.
[...]What Canadians are saying about importation
What Canadians are saying about importation Download our factsheet citing Canadian opinions about importation..
[...]Canada doesn’t have track and trace
Canada doesn’t have track and trace Download our factsheet about how Canadian importation breaks the U.S. track and trace system.
[...]Partnership for Safe Medicines statement in response to the New York State Senate’s passage of Senate Bill S604
Shabbir Imber Safdar, Executive Director of the Partnership for Safe Medicines, released the following statement in response to the New York State Senate’s passage of Senate Bill S604, which would create a wholesale prescription drug importation program in New York.
[...]Colorado’s Canadian drug importation plan won’t be safe and also won’t save money
Colorado submitted its application to the FDA to import medicine from Canada on December 5. Like other Canadian importation plans, this one isn’t safe and it’s unlikely to save money.
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