tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 20

PHARMACEUTICALS: Enzi Treads Cautiously On Rx Importation

HELP will 'do something,' senator promises.Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) said April 19 that his Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee would move forward on legislation allowing the importation of less-expensive prescription drugs into the United States without the manufacturer's consent."We will do something on drug importation," Enzi said at a HELP hearing on S 334 importation legislation. Enzi has made no secret of his fears that allowing drug importation could expose Americans to counterfeit drugs and jeopardize pharmaceutical innovation by essentially importing foreign price controls. But he has also acknowledged that importation proponents have the...

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