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, conducted both in the United…

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 distribution system and cannot be…

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 with their patients to make…