pharmaphorum January 8, 2024
The FDA has approved the first request from a US state to import prescription medicines from Canada, giving the green light to Florida for a programme that aims to reduce its spending on drugs.
The authorisation is the “first step” in allowing Florida to import medicines from Canada, said the FDA, setting up a process in which the regulator can approve ‘section 804 importation programme’ (SIP) requests for purchasing drugs directly from Canadian wholesalers. Florida has said it could save $150 million per year by importing drugs for HIV, cancer, diabetes, infectious diseases, and psychiatric conditions.
The go-ahead comes after decades of attempts to use Canada as a source of lower-priced medicines for the US domestic market, which was made...
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