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New JAMA Article Recommends Personal Drug Importation To Help American Patients Afford Prescription Drugs

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Harvard doctors and public health experts recommend using the website PharmacyChecker.com to find international online pharmacies to order more affordable prescription drugs for personal importation when domestic savings strategies fail. They offer this advice in a new article in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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CDER’s Office of Compliance Kicks Off Annual Report Season with Rundown of 2023’s Major Public Health Enforcement Initiatives

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

The tools it uses to accomplish that mission include those designed to help regulated entities that want to follow best public health practices, like guidances, public notifications, and requests for information. This is another area in which FDA works with industry to try to ensure voluntary compliance from regulated entities.

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How Pharma-Funded Groups Lie About Personal Drug Imports

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The Canadian drug supply is pretty safe…” However, standards for a walk-in pharmacy are not applicable to online pharmacies in Canada, which are unregulated and can sell “unlicensed” medications. and licensed by your state board of pharmacy.” over the past 20 years.

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DOJ Investigates $250 Million in U.S. Sales of Counterfeit Drugs Using Fake DSCSA Pedigrees

Policy Prescription

This epic counterfeit drug debacle had nothing to do with the personal importation of less expensive prescription drugs or foreign online pharmacies. pharmacies and wholesalers allegedly flouting the rules. However, to do that, the regulations must prevent the creation of fake DSCSA pedigrees.