A bill that could save patients money on drugs by allowing them to take medications that others returned to pharmacies was signed Tuesday by Gov. Jim Doyle. Joe Manning July 5, 2005 Read the full story at jsonline.com. (Free registration required)

The nightly prescription-drug-induced agony of Tim Fagan, a young liver transplant patient from Deer Park, has become the inspiration for much-needed legislation to curb the counterfeiting of drugs. His representative in Congress, Steve Israel (D-Huntington), knows it will be an uphill fight to get the bill passed, but he's absolutely correct to make the effort. July 5, 2005 Read the…

Surat Thani _ Drug regulators are clamping down on fake anti-malaria medicines which have become popular among legal and illegal Burmese labourers. APIRADEE TREERUTKUARKUL Tuesday 05 July 2005 Read the full story at bangkokpost.com.

Federal authorities have charged a man with trafficking in counterfeit goods after receiving some 4,000 fake tablets of the prescription drug Viagra via express mail. By John Ravelo Tuesday, July 05, 2005 Read the full story at saipantribune.com.

The Medicare prescription-drug benefit set to begin Jan. 1 will not cover medications purchased from Canada or other countries, potentially discouraging customers from Gov. Rod Blagojevich's struggling I-SaveRx program. By MARY MASSINGALE  Read the full story at sj-r.com.

It should come as no surprise that Canada is moving to re strict drug sales to Americans, as Nevada became the 10th state to encourage its citizens to look to our northern neighbor to find affordable prescriptions. Patriot News Sunday, July 03, 2005 Read the full story at pennlive.com.

TORONTO, June 30 /CNW/ – The Ontario Pharmacists' Association (OPA) has offered its qualified support for plans announced yesterday by the Canadian Minister of Health to curb the cross-border trade in prescription drugs. The OPA has been a longtime opponent of allowing Canada's finite drug supply to be diverted to the United States, and of the practices of cross-border internet…

TORONTO – Canada's health minister threatened Wednesday to overhaul the country's regulations on exporting prescription drugs, saying Canada would no longer be a cheap "drugstore for the United States." By Beth Duff-Brown, Associated Press 6/30/05 Read the full story at lsj.com.

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has intercepted large quantities of pharmaceutical products concealed in several packs of baby clothes. Yemi Akinsuyi, Lagos June 27, 2005 Read the full story at allafrica.com.

OTTAWA, June 27 (Reuters) – Canada will shortly announce a ban on bulk sales of drugs to the United States as a way of reining in Internet pharmacies that sell cheap medicine to Americans, the Winnipeg Free Press said on Monday. Source: Reuters 27 Jun 2005 Read the full story at alertnet.com.