Importation
Nonprofit Executive Warns That Fentanyl Also Comes Into The U.S. From Canada
A nonprofit executive wrote in this April 20, 2018 editorial that America needs to concentrate on keeping counterfeit drugs, including those made with fentanyl, from crossing our northern border just as much as the southern…
[...]Drugs From Online Canadian Pharmacies Come From A Lot Of Places, Just Not Canada
Importing drugs from Canada sounds as if it would solve the issue of high prescription drug costs in the U.S., but that’s just a good soundbite. The truth is that the drugs Americans buy online “from Canada” are not actually Canadian and they have not been inspected by any regulatory authority…
[...]Importation is bad for Utah’s patient safety and its economy, says expert
In a February 16, 2018 editorial for the Salt Lake Tribune, BioUtah President and CEO Kelly Slone explained that importing medicines from Canada would “open the door to dangerous counterfeit medicines,” and “dampen job growth in Utah’s vibrant, dynamic life-sciences industry.”
[...]Academic warns that importation may expose Utah residents to dangerous counterfeit drugs
In this editorial, which was published in the Deseret News on February 11, 2018, economics professor Dr. Kristina Acri warns that drug importation will expose Utahns to dangerous counterfeit drugs.
“After more than two decades of studying the economic and health impacts of drug importation,” she writes. “the verdict on bringing drugs in from Canada is clear and consistent: It’s a risky gamble and one too dangerous to take. Experts know that preventing the introduction of dangerous counterfeit medicines cannot be guaranteed.”
[...]Public Health expert warns that drug importation will undermine the health of American Hispanics
This editorial by Dr. Yanira Cruz was published in Morning Consult on January 18, 2018. Cruz, who is the president and CEO of the National Hispanic Council on Aging and holds a doctorate in Public Health, writes that,
“For Hispanics, the notion of opening up our borders for imported drugs presents a particularly acute threat. Latino families are already afflicted with a ‘perfect storm’ of comparatively poor health and limited access to health care resources. Adding an increased threat of counterfeit – and potentially dangerous – drugs to that mix would be nothing short of devastating.”
[...]Importing drugs harms Americans’ safety: MacMenamin
Liz MacMenamin’s editorial was published in the Reno Gazette Journal on November 1, 2017. MacMenamin is is vice president of government affairs for the Retail Association of Nevada…
[...]Pharmacists Association Director Warns That Prescription Importation Undermines the Fight Against Opioids
Oklahoma Pharmacists Association Director Debra Billingsley published an editorial on October 21, 2017 opposing drug importation proposals:
Now is not the time to allow foreign unlicensed pharmacies to start dispensing drugs into Oklahoma. It would just make it easier for drug traffickers or crooked providers to hurt our citizens.
[...]Senate HELP Asks Do We Want to Bypass the FDA Gold-Standard of Drug Approvals with Importation?
Every panelist unequivocally stated their opposition to drug importation proposals, citing the danger to patients an unregulated drug supply chain would expose them to. Three, in particular, made cogent arguments on behalf of patient safety and drug accessibility.
[...]Retail Association of Nevada Exec: drug importation puts Americans lives at risk
In her October 18, 2017 editorial for the Las Vegas Sun, Liz MacMenamin, vice president of government affairs for the Retail Association of Nevada, offers facts about drug importation:
Though this may appear as a simple and innocent fix to the problem of high drug prices, the reality is starkly different. Importation threatens the safety of all Americans and the security of the United States’ airtight pharmaceutical quality control system.
[...]NADDI Director Warns About the Fentanyl Threat
In this editorial, which was published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on October 16th, Charlie Cichon, the executive director of the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators, warns Pennsylvanians about the dangers of fentanyl and discusses legislators’ efforts to protect them from the deadly imported drug.
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