Cities and Counties Unlikely To Heed FDA Warning On Importing Foreign Drugs

(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News)

Cities and local governments in several states said they will continue to use a Canadian company to offer employees prescription drugs at a highly reduced price, even though federal officials raised safety concerns about the practice last week.

The municipalities use CanaRx, which connects their employees with brick-and-mortar pharmacies in Canada, Great Britain and Australia to fill prescriptions.  Continue reading article here…

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