Campaign for Personal Prescription Importation

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.…

May 15, 2017
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Vox: Insulin Drug Prices Tell Us a Lot About What’s Wrong with Drug Pricing in America

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Julia Belluz, in this Vox article, recalls a very different pricing strategy for prescription drugs - Doctors who refused to patent the discovery of insulin in 1923 and sold the patent to the University of Toronto for…

May 5, 2017
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Morning Consult op-ed: Safety is the Priority of Drug Importation

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Today, CPPI Executive Director Tracy Cooley published an op-ed in Morning Consult on the importance of safety to daily personal prescription importation from Canada. As she writes: Rogue online pharmacies selling counterfeit medication are a…

May 1, 2017
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Kaiser Family Foundation Poll: Majority of Americans Support Drug Importation

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A new Kaiser Family Foundation study highlights Americans' perspective on potential approaches for addressing high prescription drug costs. Six in 10 respondents identified lowering the cost of prescription drugs as a top priority for the…

April 28, 2017
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PharmacyChecker.com: Price Savings from Canadian Pharmacies Average 70%

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Recently, PharmacyChecker.com released its quarterly International Drug Price Savings Report showing that Americans can potentially save - on average - 70 percent on the top 20 prescribed brand name drugs when buying from licensed and verified…

April 28, 2017
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An American Sickness

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Award-winning New York Times reporter Dr. Elizabeth Rosenthal's new book - An American Sickness - dives deeps into the medical system to uncover the over-emphasis on profit and under-emphasis on care. As she writes, "In…

April 20, 2017
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New York Times Op-Ed: How to Stop Price Gouging

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In today's New York Times, Tim Wu challenges the Administration to do something about the high cost of drugs. The op-ed - How to Stop Price Gouging - cuts to the proverbial high cost of prescription medications…

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