The Senate effectively killed a bid to allow consumers to buy their prescription medicines abroad Monday, requiring U.S. officials to certify the safety and effectiveness of such drugs, which health officials have long said they cannot do. The pharmaceutical industry vehemently opposes allowing drug imports, arguing that they could leave the United States vulnerable to dangerous counterfeits, and the White House had threatened a veto as the Bush administration has long opposed prescription drug imports.
May 08, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The Senate effectively killed a bid to allow consumers to buy their prescription medicines abroad Monday, requiring U.S. officials to certify the safety and effectiveness of such drugs.
The certification amendment, passed on a 49-40 vote, would require health officials to do something they have long said they cannot.
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