Posts Tagged ‘drug importation’
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.
[...]Five takeaways from CNBC’s investigation of alternative funding programs
What are the most important lessons from CNBC’s documentary about alternative funding programs (AFPs)?
[...]Colorado’s March 2025 Amended SIP Application
The state of Colorado submitted a revised application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to operation a Canadian drug importation plan in March. This blog post examines how the state’s application has changed over the years.
[...]JAMA Personal Drug Importation Correction
PSM’s executive director submitted the following correction to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in December 2024: International online pharmacies are illegal, and an unacceptable cost-saving strategy Shabbir Safdar Executive Director, The Partnership for Safe Medicines JAMA’s October 21, 2024 Special Communication, “Strategies to Help Patients Navigate High Prescription Drug Costs,” by Hussain…
[...]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.
[...]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.
[...]Connecticut Bioscience Growth Council ED explains why drug importation is “unworkable.”
In this February 24, 2022 editorial published on the Connecticut Business & Industry Association’s website, Paul Pescatello reviews the practical reasons that mean that importing drugs from Canada will not lower prescription drug prices. Pescatello is the executive director of CBIA’s Bioscience Growth Council and chair of We Work for Health Connecticut.
[...]Canadian drug importation – What’s the state of the issue in June 2021?
What’s happening with Canadian drug importation? What’s Florida doing with a big empty warehouse? Isn’t this policy currently in the courts? You’ve got questions and we’ve got answers.
[...]An Analysis Of New Mexico’s Draft Canadian Drug Importation Plan
The state of New Mexico released a draft of its Canadian drug importation plan. PSM analyzed the plan, paying particular attention to concerns pharmacists might have about how drug importation might affect their patients and business…
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