Consumer/Provider Topics
Liang BA.* Fade to Black: Importation and Counterfeit Drugs. Am J Law Med. 2006 Feb 1;32(2-3):279-323
Abstract. Importation of medicines from Canada and other countries has been proposed to provide relief from high drug prices in the US and greater access for underserved patients. Yet importation necessarily raises the issue of counterfeit drugs. The latter are a worldwide problem that have affected even the US closed regulatory and supply system. Counterfeit…
[...]Rodriguez RF. Drug Importation and the Hispanic Physician. California Western Intl Law J. 2005;36:117-124.
Personal and commercial importation is a topic that has beenframed in the context of consumers versus industry. Yet it is the physician and other providers who must be part of the system of care with a stake in ensuring their patients obtain medicines that promote health. Both personal and commercial importation has significant risks. Investigations,…
[...]Bro WP. Importation of Prescription Drugs and Risks to Patient Safety. California Western Intl Law J. 2005;36:105-116.
Access to affordable prescription drug products is a serious challenge faced by millions of Americans. More than 40% of Americans take one or more prescription drugs; and a small, but increasing, number rely on drug importation to lower costs. Although some imported drugs are legal, a far greater number are unregulated within the U.S. drug…
[...]Langston EL. The Quality Quandary. California Western Intl Law J. 2005;36:19-32.
America’s physicians write over three billion prescriptions a year for patients1—and they need to know that when patients fill those prescriptions, the drugs they take are safe. Physicians want their patients to be able to get those drugs at the lowest price possible. Patient safety and drug quality are the overriding issues, as physicians work…
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