Article: Pfizer Joins Effort To Limit Sales Of Drugs From Canada.

Washington Editor

WASHINGTON - Pfizer Inc.'s decision to require 46 of 7,200 Canadian pharmacies to purchase drugs directly from the company rather than through wholesalers set off another round of strong criticism against an industry considered greedy by certain consumer groups and politicians who believe Americans pay too much for prescription drugs.

Nevertheless, New York-based Pfizer joins other large pharmaceutical companies, including GlaxoSmithKline plc - the company that started it all - in adopting policies to prevent their products from being exported back into the U.S.

London-based GSK actually got the ball rolling in February when it ...

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