AMA Policy on In-person Importation of Prescription Drugs from Canada
(WorldNews Health)

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. - Responding to intensified concerns that patient out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs have hampered access to needed medications, physicians at the Interim Meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) today adopted new policy supporting in-person purchase and importation of prescription drugs from licensed Canadian pharmacies, if the safety of such importation can be assured. AMA support for in-person prescription drug importation from licensed `brick and mortar` Canadian pharmacies would be conditional on the import of a limited quantity for personal use only. Medications imported in-person also must be approved by Health Canada, the government agency that...