Managed Healthcare Executive March 5, 2024
Canadian health officials warn that maintaining a drug supply for Canadians is their priority. The staunch opposition of the U.S. pharmaceutical industry may also be an obstacle to imports from north of the border.
Florida has become the first state to receive approval from the FDA to import certain prescription drugs from Canada, with the aim of lowering costs. However, some experts are skeptical that the medications will ever make it across the border.
“I don’t think Canada has any interest in this occurring,” says Randy Hatton, Pharm.D., a clinical professor at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy in Gainesville. It’s likely in Canada’s “best interest to maintain their own pharmaceutical supply chain,” he adds.
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