Campaign for Personal Prescription Importation

August 15, 2017
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Patient Assistance Programs Help Big Pharma More Than Patients

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David Lazarus, in this LA Times story, exposes questionable practices of #BigPharma to appear to care about patients through Patient Assistance Programs that on the surface seem to subsidize the cost of exorbitantly priced #pharmaceuticals.…

August 1, 2017
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CBO: Americans Would Save $7B Buying Medications from Canada

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Today, UPI reported that a Congressional Budget Office analysis estimates that allowing Americans to buy prescription drugs from Canada and other countries would save nearly $7 billion over the next 10 years. The analysis is…

July 31, 2017
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Wisconsin News Op-Ed: The Prescription Drug Scam

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Pat Nash takes a stand against the high cost of pharmaceuticals in this op-ed after learning that the prescription drug she takes cost three times more in the U.S. compared to Canada. She then discovered…

July 18, 2017
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American Enterprise Institute Safety Studies

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Today, Roger Bate of the American Enterprise Institute wrote about several discrete studies buying medicines online for nearly a decade. The results of his studies show that credentialed online pharmacies sell safe medicines, regardless of…

July 13, 2017
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Blowing Up Big Pharma’s R&D Claims

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#BigPharma claims that they need to maintain the high price of #pharmaceuticals in order to fund research and development for future cures and treatments. Don't believe the hype! New data compares the amount of spending…

July 6, 2017
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New Study on Rise of Generic Drug Prices

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Generic drugs often provide consumers with a low cost alternative to the exorbitantly high cost of brand name drugs. However, a new University of Florida study shows that the price of generics is on the…

June 14, 2017
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Washington Post: Big Pharma’s Influence on Physicians

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Today, the Washington Post published an op-ed from a physician who has first-hand experience being influenced by Big Pharma's gifts such as free lunches in trendy restaurants. The author points out that in 2012, Big…

June 13, 2017
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STAT News: It’s Time to Make It Legal for Americans to Import Drugs

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On Tuesday, Ed Silverman wrote that 'it is time to scrap this prohibition' on importing prescription drugs from abroad, unless Congress can find another way to drive down the high cost of prescription drugs in…

June 2, 2017
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Read Between the Lines

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When was the last time that you went to pick up your medication and negotiated what you pay the pharmacy? Negotiating prices between pharma companies and payers is common practice. Yet consumers are still not…

May 22, 2017
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Prescription Justice: Why Some Americans Don’t Buy Safe and Affordable Medication Online

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Recently, PharmacyChecker.com wrote about a Zogby Poll commissioned by Prescription Justice showing that more than 30% of Americans who said they have never ordered a medication online from another country cited fear of substandard drugs.…

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