Monday, May 07, 2007

Drug importation measure stalls in the Senate

ABC News reports that the Senate passed a bill today that would allow prescription drug importation but by a separate 49-40 vote the Senate conditioned importation on HHS certification of the safety of the importation process. That has been the law for nearly a decade and HHS under both Democrat and Republican administrations have declined to issue the certification due to a concern that importation would open the door to counterfeit drugs.

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