Prescription Drug Sales To U.S. Residents From Canadian Pharmacies Have Decreased By Half Since 2004, Group Says
Sales have decreased in part because the increased value of the Canadian dollar and the implementation of the Medicare prescription drug benefit, CIPA President Dawn Polley said. Experts also cited increased availability of lower-cost generic prescription drugs in the U.S. and concerns about the safety of medications purchased from Canadian pharmacies.
According to the Globe and Mail, many of the prescription drug reimportation programs sponsored by U.S. states and cities that "had sprung up in defiance of U.S. law have been shut down or curtailed because of a lack of interest from U.S. consumers" and because the "cost of administering the programs has sometimes outstripped the net savings to buyers" (McKenna, Toronto Globe and Mail, 5/25).
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