Canadian Drugs

This week on The Florida Roundup, we discuss the company at the center of Florida’s plan to import drugs from Canada, the 2024-25 state budget, a new series exploring the legacy of the United States' broken promise in "40 Acres and a Mule," Boeing’s Starliner, torrential rains, a block on Florida’s gender-affirming care ban, and more.

Colorado officials say they haven’t been able to stand up a program to import drugs from Canada because of drugmaker opposition — and the Biden administration’s inaction.

Gov. Ron DeSantis outlined proposed legislation that would target the health care "middlemen" to try to lower prescription costs. He said his plan will increase transparency and help small drug stores.

The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in Tampa, came after AHCA Secretary Simone Marstiller submitted a Freedom of Information Act request seeking numerous records about importation proposals by Florida and other states.

The state, which continues to wait for FDA approval, expects to import drugs to treat asthma, COPD, diabetes, hepatitis C, HIV and AIDS, and mental health conditions.

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.

The final plan clears the way for Florida and other states to implement a program bringing medications across the border despite the strong objections of drugmakers and the Canadian government.

The president says the actions will lower drug prices, but policy experts say they will likely offer patients only minimal relief and may take months to implement, if they're implemented at all.

Florida’s quest to start importing drugs from Canada got a boost Wednesday when the Trump administration announced it is moving ahead with a new rule and…

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

Gov. Ron DeSantis, acting on one of his top priorities during his first year in office, signed into law Tuesday a measure that gives the state the go...

U.S. Senator, and former Florida Governor, Rick Scott met with health care professionals , local lawmakers and patients Monday morning at the Greater…