PFIZER STOPS SELLING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS TO CANADIAN
DRUGSTORES.
Pfizer Inc. has stopped selling prescription drugs to Canadian
mail-order pharmacies thought to be reimporting the drugs into the
United States at a cheaper price than American consumers would have to
pay for the same drugs if purchased from a U.S. pharmacy.
Pfizer said it was halting its sales in order to ensure sufficient
Pfizer medicines are available in Canada for Canadians.
Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch called that concern for
Canadians "phony."
The House last year passed a bill authorizing the reimportation of
drugs into this country, but the Senate has not acted.
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