Prescription drug imports

In its lawsuit, the Agency for Health Care Administration said Florida’s effort to move forward with an importation program “is stuck in the starting blocks” and accused the FDA of dragging its feet.

Nearly three years after Florida lawmakers approved a plan to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada, Gov. Ron DeSantis is now criticizing the FDA after President Biden indicated he wanted to move forward with the plan.

Drugmakers asked a court to overturn a rule set by HHS in October allowing imports, but the administration says the suit is moot because it’s unclear if any states would get an import plan approved.

Florida sent federal officials a detailed plan for how the state proposes to safely import prescription drugs from Canada and other countries on…

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