Patients' lives are being put at risk because of substandard drugs, experts have warned. 19th April 2005 Read the full story at .com.

WASHINGTON, April 19 /U.S. Newswire/ — Why the Senate wants to make the world safe and profitable for drug counterfeiters and terrorists is a mystery. But this is just the message the Senate HELP Committee is sending today as it hosts hearings to discuss legislation allowing the importation of unregulated and unsafe prescription drugs. Read the full story at usnewswire.com.

As the U.S. Senate takes up legislation to ease restrictions on prescription-drug importation by U.S. consumers, Professor Bryan A. Liang, warns of potential health risks due to the expansion of the prescription-drug "grey market" that may result. Professor Liang, executive director of the Institute of Health Law Studies at California Western School of Law in San Diego is a patient…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., April 18 /PRNewswire/ — A report released last week by Giuliani Partners, a group led by former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, says drug importation to America poses a serious threat to safety due to the increased prevalence of counterfeit medicines entering the country. Read the full story at prnewswire.com.

The Senate plans a hearing today on a bipartisan pharmaceutical drug import bill (Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act, S334) to, among other things, legalize drug imports from Canada and other countries. The bill is expected to pass easily. Why? Americans want cheaper drugs. By Elizabeth M. Whelan, THE WASHINGTON TIMES April 18, 2005 Read the full story at…

THE WAY to reduce prices of medicines in the Philippines is not through parallel importation but through the strict implementation of the generics law. April 15, 2005 By Tessa Salazar, Inquirer News Service Read the full story at news.inq7.net.

As the cost of prescription drugs continues to climb, more Americans are looking at online pharmacies for ways to cut costs. By Teresa McUsic, Special to the Star-Telegram Posted on Fri, Apr. 15, 2005 Read the full story at dfw.com.

BATON ROUGE — A poll of 400 Louisianans over age 60 shows they don't trust importation of prescription drugs from some foreign countries, regardless of the savings. By Mike Hasten April 14, 2005 Read the full story at shreveporttimes.com.

Vienna, 14 April (AKI) – The illicit trade of controlled drugs through the Internet needs to be combated to thwart the increasing risk of misuse of such substances by children and adolescents, the UN World Health Organisation (WHO), International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol), Universal Postal Union (UPU) and Council of Europe warned on Thursday, in a joint statement. Read the…