Importing drugs. Canadian connection
Description
Pharmaceutical prices in the U.S. are pushing patients to have their prescriptions filled in Canada, where drugs such as Lipitor cost less. Budget-conscious state governments are also eyeing Canadian distributors as a way to manage their prescription plans while making fiscal ends meet. But officially speaking, such transactions are still illegal in the U.S.-and the medicines themselves, traveling outside the domain of the FDA, may not even be safe. In this two-segment program, NewsHour health correspondent Susan Dentzer taps senators, governors, FDA officials, pharmacists, and the CEO of drug manufacturing giant Pfizer to present a balanced view of one of today's most controversial topics.
Runtime
22 min
Subjects
- Diseases (446)
- Public health (338)
- International business enterprises (261)
- Pharmacology (63)
- International economic relations (341)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2006], c2004
Database
Films on Demand
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