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Article: Canadian drug companies pitch sales to state representatives in U.S.
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- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- December 29, 2003
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2003 DEC 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- About a dozen states said on December 11, 2003, that they are exploring ways to buy cheap prescription drugs from Canada and make them widely available to Americans, even though importing the medicines is illegal.
Representatives from the states met with five Canadian drug companies in Atlanta, Georgia, to hear their pitch on how to sell the drugs safely and within the law. The meeting came 2 days after Boston, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire announced their intention to purchase drugs from Canada.
The states at the meeting did not suggest they would make a similar move - buying Canadian drugs without ...