Report dismisses drug imports
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Making imported drugs safe for Americans would be so expensive that US consumers would see a price break of only about 1 percent, a Bush administration advisory task force declared Tuesday.
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A drive by developing nations to regulate access to rare plant genes -- used in drugs and perfumes worth billions of dollars -- will not stop "biopiracy" and may deter foreign investment, a trade expert said in a report Tuesday.
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A Bush administration task force recommended strongly Tuesday against letting US citizens import lower-cost prescription drugs from other countries, saying &quot;it
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Â· Inquiry slams mis-prescribing of drugsÂ· Doctors 'ignoring official guidelines'
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WASHINGTON A US Food and Drug Administration official on Friday &quot;categorically&quot; rejected accusations that the agency had failed to protect the public against dangerous drugs, especially Merck&#39;s Vioxx painkiller.
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For years, the Bush administration - at the behest of the pharmaceutical industry â-as been blocking access to cheaper FDA-approved prescription drugs imported from Canada because it claimed they were not safe.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that Senate testimony by a veteran FDA researcher regarding safety risks for five drugs does not reflect the views of the agency.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have scrapped their 11-month-old policy of seizing prescription drugs imported through the mail from Canada, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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If they want more new drugs, they shouldn't be looking at the pharmaceutical industry.
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There was a puzzling line in a report in which the Bush Administration asserted it could not vouch for the safety of foreign, lower-cost prescription drugs.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ignored hundreds of proposals that could have improved the safety of food imported into the United States, former FDA officials told a House Appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday.
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MINNEAPOLIS - A Bush administration report critical of the cross-border trade in prescription drugs may actually enhance it, advocates of the practice said Wednesday.
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Importing cheaper prescription drugs should not come at the expense of safety, said a US government report issued on Tuesday that highlighted the problems of ensuring the medicines are equivalent to those in the United States.
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Applying US safety standards to drug imports is more important than allowing them into the country without the regulations just because they are cheaper, some delegates of the American Medical Association said Sunday.
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Pfizer Inc. , Merck &amp; Co. , and fellow drug makers thought Republican congressional majorities and President Bush's reelection created a firewall against legal prescription drug imports. The wall is starting to crack.
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A task force led by the US Surgeon General is still drafting its report on drug importation, but one conclusion is already clear: Savvy shoppers can find
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Tests reveal that a substance found at the U.N. is not dangerous.