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Should Washington state buy drugs from Canada? What do Canadians think about that plan? Buying medicine from Canada seems like an easy fix to address prescription drug costs in America, but it doesn’t work. More importantly, Canadians want no part of it. The reasons are simple: Canada is one tenth the size of America and already struggles with enormous drug…
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This editorial by Dr. Kristina M. L. Acri née Lybecker was published in IP Watchdog on January 2, 2020. Dr. Acri is an Associate Professor of Economics at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, and Chair of the Department of Economics and Business.
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In February 2002, 16-year-old Long Island, New York resident Timothy Fagan needed an emergency liver transplant. The transplant was lifesaving, but Timothy suffered from terrible anemia after the surgery, and his doctor prescribed him a weekly injection of Epogen to treat it. The Fagans found that their son’s injections were incredibly painful, and after eight terrible weeks they learned why: the Epogen they had received was counterfeit.
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