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Article: Proposed Legislation Targets Companies Hoarding Drugs.
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- BIOWORLD Today
- Article date:
- November 3, 2009
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Washington Editor
Bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate this week would punish drug companies that seek to protect and control their products by limiting sales to Canadian wholesalers and pharmacies. The bill, which would allow Americans to purchase FDA-approved drugs from Canada and elsewhere, was co-sponsored by Sen. Trent Lott, a Mississippi Republican who once opposed importing prescription drugs from foreign countries.
While it is currently illegal to import prescription drugs from other countries, the FDA traditionally has looked the other way and failed to take action against the busloads of senior citizens that cross Canadian borders to ...