The budget outline released by the Obama administration Feb. 26 "supports" FDA's "new efforts to allow Americans to buy safe and effective drugs from other countries."
In a background briefing, an official with the White House Office of Management and Budget explained the funding will "begin to lay the basis for safe and effective reimportation at FDA. But we think we need to put some infrastructure and build some processes there to do that."
What’s “reimportation?” If it means bringing back into the US drugs manufactured within our borders and then sent abroad (which is what most people think it means) then there’s no there there.
If, on the other hand, the unnamed official means “importation,” then Katie bar the door on safety, intellectual property rights, and the importation of foreign price controls.
Did President Obama discuss this plan when he met with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper?
Probably not.
In a background briefing, an official with the White House Office of Management and Budget explained the funding will "begin to lay the basis for safe and effective reimportation at FDA. But we think we need to put some infrastructure and build some processes there to do that."
What’s “reimportation?” If it means bringing back into the US drugs manufactured within our borders and then sent abroad (which is what most people think it means) then there’s no there there.
If, on the other hand, the unnamed official means “importation,” then Katie bar the door on safety, intellectual property rights, and the importation of foreign price controls.
Did President Obama discuss this plan when he met with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper?
Probably not.
