Saturday, February 28, 2004

From Canada.com:
Canadians could soon be caught in Internet pharmacy fight: pharmacist
Canadians who buy their drugs from independent retail pharmacies may soon have to find another dispenser because the businesses say they've become unfairly tangled up in the cross-border fight over Internet pharmacies.

Pfizer Canada banned two other drug wholesalers Thursday from distributing the company's products, including a Winnipeg-based company that supplies medicine to more than 120 independent pharmacies.

From NewsHour:
ILLINOIS RESIDENTS SUE FDA AS DEBATE OVER DRUG IMPORTATION HEATS UP
The governor of Illinois Thursday backed a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to overturn the ban on buying prescription drugs from Canada.

Illinois residents Ray and Gaylee Andrews on Thursday filed the suit, which seeks class-action status, in Washington, D.C.

"If this lawsuit succeeds, the state of Illinois can go ahead and import prescription drugs from Canada," Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich told reporters.

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