The Food and Drug Administration on Friday cleared the way for Florida's first-in-the-nation plan to import prescription drugs from Canada, a long-sought approach to accessing cheaper medications that ...

Affordability in Canada affects not just groceries but also medications, with one in 20 people unable to take their medications as prescribed because of cost, found research published in CMAJ ...

Connecticut lawmakers are considering a bill that would have the state seek federal approval to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada. Senator Matt Lesser of Middletown, a Democrat who heads ...

One in 12 Canadians aged 55 and older skipped prescriptions due to cost in 2014, the second-highest rate among comparable countries, new UBC research has found. "When patients stop filling their ...

On June 19, 2025, Canada’s Drug Agency (“CDA”) opened a public consultation to gather input on a proposed list of essential prescription drugs and related products. This initiative is part of the ...

The opioid epidemic in America has captured the attention and efforts of policymakers. The Obama administration seeks to allocate $1.1 billion to fight opioid abuse. States are requiring prescribers ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A bill being considered in the New York State Legislature could possibly cut your drug prices in half. The bill would make it legal for New York to import prescription drugs from ...

Canadians are expressing a growing interest in GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic and Mounjaro for weight loss, that increased ...

Between 2022-2025, Joel Lexchin received payments for writing a brief for a legal firm on the role of promotion in generating prescriptions, for being on a panel about pharmacare and for co-writing an ...

Canada is trying a controversial new way to deal with its opioid abuse problems: prescription heroin. New Canadian drug regulations allow doctors to provide a small amount of legally obtained ...