[medinformatics] Washington State Launches Online Link for Drug Imports

[Healthcare Informatics News]

Washington state has launched a Web site to help guide
senior citizens and others to Canadian pharmacies for lower-cost prescription drugs. From the AP/Seattle
Times:


Governor Gary Locke, a Democrat who has clashed with the Bush administration over its ban on reimporting U.S.-made
drugs from Canada, announced the state’s plan to defy that edict and link with Wisconsin’s online access to Canadian
pharmacies.

”It’s not about politics — it’s about taking care of our citizens,” the governor told a news conference Tuesday.
“It’s for our citizens that we are taking matters into our own hands and fighting against the skyrocketing cost of
prescription drugs.”

Clifford Webster, a lobbyist representing the Pharmaceutical Research and
Manufacturers of America, had no immediate objection to Locke’s new program. “He has essentially done a gigantic
Google search for consumer, something they can already do,” he said. “The devil will be in the details.”

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