Poster
07-13-2004, 10:31 AM
Legislators will vote this week on two bills that could have a big impact on any importation plan. The Agriculture bill would make it easier to get Canadian imports, but the Australian Free Trade treaty would exercise price controls on Australian drugs. That essentially would negate the United States’ ability to get cheaper meds from Australia.
“An agriculture spending bill currently has a provision opening the way for imports by preventing the Food and Drug Administration from blocking purchases of FDA-approved drugs from Canada and other countries.”
“The treaty also includes the U.S. law that gives patent holders the right to control sales of their product in the United States by making that law a part of the treaty.”
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“An agriculture spending bill currently has a provision opening the way for imports by preventing the Food and Drug Administration from blocking purchases of FDA-approved drugs from Canada and other countries.”
“The treaty also includes the U.S. law that gives patent holders the right to control sales of their product in the United States by making that law a part of the treaty.”
To read more go to: http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20040713_64.html