Show Us The Birth Certificate? An Authorless US FDA Import Policy

For two decades it has been almost dogma in the US pharmaceutical industry that no FDA commissioner would sign off on a policy to permit wholesale imports of drugs from Canada. Now that a proposed rule has been issued – it still may be true.

USA Passport with Social Security Card, Drivers License and Birth Certificate.

The 18 December proposed rule issued by the US Food & Drug Administration to set up a process to permit wholesale importation of drugs from Canada is a landmark event in that agency’s history.

It has been true for nearly 20 years that FDA had the authority to set up such a program. It...

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