On Line Pharmacy News:
Reports From Around The Globe

February 2004

PAWLENTY to try new tactic in drug reimportation dispute
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA, Feb 28, 2004
... Last week, it stopped shipping product to several Canadian Internet pharmacies. ... The owner of one mail-order Canadian pharmacy that sells to Americans said he's ...

PRESCRIPTION site draws some seniors; others might need help with ...
Lacrossetribune.com - WI,USA, Feb 28, 2004
... The 80-year-old Holmen, Wis., woman took action on her own the past few months by buying three prescription drugs from a Canadian on line pharmacy.

DRUG giant cuts supply to Canada
National Post (subscription) - Canada, Feb 27, 2004
... Supply and the other wholesaler that was cut off -- Procurity Pharmacy Services Inc. of Winnipeg -- continued to distribute Pfizer medicines to the Internet ...

CANADIANS could soon be caught in Internet pharmacy fight: ...
Canada.com - Canada, Feb 27, 2004
... said the Calgary-based co-operative, which supplies about 250 retail pharmacies in Alberta, Manitoba and British Columbia, may have let an on line pharmacy ...

GOVERNORS hold meeting on prescription drug costs
Coon Rapids ECM Publishers - Coon Rapids,MN,USA, Feb 26, 2004
Washington, DC -- Two of the nation's leading proponents of prescription drug reimportation, governors Rod Blagojevich (D) of Illinois and Tim Pawlenty (R) of ...

THOUSANDS Check Out State Prescription Drug Web Site
WBAY - Green Bay,WI,USA, Feb 26, 2004
The governor's office says there have already been more than 80,000 hits on its new prescription drug Web site. Governor Doyle launched ...

DOCTOR draws fine, sanctions for Internet prescriptions
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA, Feb 25, 2004
... initiated when a complaint was filed with the medical board by a Colorado man who received drugs prescribed by Molina from the unregulated Internet pharmacy, ...

GOVERNORS in showdown with US health officials over cross-border ...
Canada East - Canada, Feb 23, 2004
... Some are worried about rising drug prices and complain that high-salaried Internet ... crisis," said Lothar Dueck, president of the Coalition for Manitoba Pharmacy ...

OBSCURE Ottawa board helps keep Canadian drug prices low, US ...
CBC News - Canada, Feb 23, 2004
... of struggling to stay competitive in research and development under Canada's pricing regime, the drug companies are now having to fight the Internet pharmacy ...

FDA and Texas Pharmacy Association Launch Effort to Warn ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA, Feb 23, 2004
... and the increased number of people ordering drugs from Canada via the Internet ... from outside the US," said Jim Martin, Executive Director of the Texas Pharmacy ...

SCHUMER TAKES ON 'WEB' OF DECEIT
New York Post - New York,NY,USA, Feb 23, 2004
Illicit Internet pharmacy businesses are ripping off consumers by the "tens of millions of dollars," Sen. ...

Pharmacists form watch-dog organization...
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse) - Canada, Feb 20, 2004
... pharmacists, have created an organization to study the cross- border internet drug trade to the United States. The new organization, called the Pharmacy ...

DRUG company stops shipping to Calgary pharmacy
CFCN - Calgary,Alberta,Canada, Feb 20, 2004
Pfizer is targeting internet pharmacies that sell cheaper drugs to patients in the US. ... One of the pharmacies affected is Calgary-based Total Care Pharmacy. ...

WISCONSIN To Start Prescription Drug Web Site
WISC - Madison,WI,USA, Feb 20, 2004
Starting next week, Wisconsin will have a state Web site where residents can buy cheap prescription drugs from Canada. Gov. Jim ...

PRESCRIPTION Web site troubles pharmacists
St. Cloud Times - St. Cloud,MN,USA, Feb 20, 2004
... Visa, MasterCard and electronic withdrawal from checking account (for Total Care Pharmacy). - What if I don't have access to the Internet? ...

INTERNET pharmacies feel squeezed after Pfizer cross-border drug ...
Canada East - Canada, Feb 19, 2004
... name drug companies have tried to crack down on the Internet ... The Canadian International Pharmacy Association says Pfizer's actions will create "distribution ...

PFIZER cuts supplies to several Canadian internet pharmacies
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA, Feb 19, 2004
... pharmaceutical supply system. Few internet pharmacy executives and patients who use the services believe such statements. "This is all ...

KERRVILLE doctor faces sentencing today
Kerrville Daily Times - Kerrville,TX,USA, Feb 19, 2004
... sentenced to up to five years in federal prison today in connection with the illegal dispensing of controlled substances by San Antonio-based Internet pharmacy ...

DOCS Should Warn Patients About Online Drugs
WebMD - USA, Feb 18, 2004
... CVS and Walgreens. This seal is for Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. ...

MEDICINE'S northern exposure
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA, Feb 18, 2004
... been numerous counterfeiting incidents traced to drugs purchased through the Internet. ... David MacKay, executive director of the Canadian International Pharmacy ...

INTERNET Awash With Counterfeit Drugs
YLE24 Online - Finland, Feb 18, 2004
The Finnish head of the UN body says legal loopholes permit a physician to prescribe medication via an Internet pharmacy without seeing the patient. ...

HHS, FDA, California Pharmacists Launch Campaign Warning Against ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA, Feb 17, 2004
... looking to lower medication expenses, pharmacists worry that patients who buy medications via the Internet are ... When buying medications from a US-based pharmacy ...

MORE shop for drugs in Canada
Sacramento Bee - Sacramento,CA,USA, Feb 15, 2004
... Avoid doing business with an Internet pharmacy that refuses to give its street address, phone number, and a way to contact a pharmacist; sells drugs without ...

ONLINE pills hard to swallow
Calgary Sun - Calgary,Alberta,Canada, Feb 15, 2004
WINNIPEG -- Deficiencies found in a recent inspection of eight Canadian Internet pharmacies ... said some of the flags raised by the Minnesota Board of Pharmacy ...

SOME obtain medicines from Canada via Internet
Atlanta Journal Constitution - Atlanta,GA,USA, Feb 13, 2004
... month, half her income. So she found a licensed Canadian pharmacy on the Internet. She says her costs now are about $375 a month. ...

SQUARETRADE Launches Licensed Pharmacy Program In Partnership ...
PRNewswire (press release) - USA, Feb 12, 2004
... marketing services for companies doing business on line, has announced that it will use the SquareTrade program as the platform for its On line Pharmacy ...

BENSON Defends Prescription Drug Program
WMUR Channel.com - Manchester,NH,USA, Feb 11, 2004
... plants," Benson said. Benson plans to hold a news conference on his prescription drug program Wednesday afternoon in the Statehouse.

POWERFUL senators poised to move scaled-back reimportation bill
The Hill - Washington,DC,USA, Feb 10, 2004
... Gutknecht said he wants seniors to buy their reimported drugs at their local pharmacy - not on the Internet, as some have suggested. ...

ON LINE Pharmacies Provide Benefits to Patients, Also Raise ...
AScribe - USA, Feb 10, 2004
... It is important for clinicians to become familiar with the issues related to on line pharmacies as well as review the on line pharmacy Web sites to determine ...

FDA cracks down on Internet Rx Drugs
Vanderbilt Hustler - USA, Feb 10, 2004
... The website might also have the NABP Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites seal, indicating the site is a reputable company. ...

DRUG firms oppose reimportation
Mankato Free Press - Mankato,MN,USA, Feb 8, 2004
... If you are talking about a licensed Internet pharmacy with physicians heavily involved in the process, there may well be less of a danger.

NET drugstores thrive
Winnipeg Sun - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada, Feb 8, 2004
... By buying his medication from an Internet pharmacy in Winnipeg, however, he saves $4,000 -- and no longer has to choose which prescriptions he can afford to ...

WHY not buy Canadian drugs?
St. Joseph Herald Palladium - St. Joseph,MI,USA, Feb 8, 2004
... Rapids. The business connects people by mail, fax or Internet to a Canadian pharmacy that fills their original prescriptions. Dupuis ...

CANADIAN broker defends Rx imports
The Grand Rapids Press (subscription) - Grand Rapids,MI,USA, Feb 7, 2004
... That is because American Drug Club has a corporate sibling called Canadameds.com, an on line pharmacy that fills 6,000 to 8,000 prescriptions a week. ...

WEB pharmacists lobby US governors for help
CBC Manitoba - Winnipeg,Canada, Feb 6, 2004
WINNIPEG - Internet pharmacists are heading south of the border to lobby US ... David McKay, head of the Canadian International Pharmacy Association, will be in ...

ROGUE online pharmacies prey on vulnerable buyers
Payson Roundup - Payson,AZ,USA, Feb 6, 2004
WINNIPEG - Internet pharmacists are heading south of the border to lobby US ... David McKay, head of the Canadian International Pharmacy Association, will be in ...

DEMOCRATIC Candidates' Drug Reimportation Proposals Unworkable ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA, Feb 6, 2004
... prescription drugs to the US cash market, has been working with American pharmacists to raise awareness of the harm caused by cross-border internet pharmacy. ...

FDA battle over Canada drugs heats up
MSNBC, Feb 4, 2004
... FDA in its information campaign are the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy ... is a 'buyer-beware system' where people buying drugs over the Internet ...

FORT Pierce mail-order pharmacy closes; orders throughout ...
Stuart News, Feb 4, 2004
... They had better prices than all but one place I found on the Internet ... It is illegal for a company that is not a licensed pharmacy or wholesaler to sell drugs ...

CROSS-BORDER prescription drug trade sparks debate over doctor ...
Canada.com, Feb 2, 2004
TORONTO (CP) - Canadian doctors who co-sign prescriptions for Americans in search of cheaper drugs can no longer count on the non-profit organization for help ...

PHARMACISTS Society of the State of New York Join FDA in Warning ...
Yahoo News (press release), Feb 2, 2004
... Westchester County are currently exploring purchasing medicines from Canadian Internet ... that represents the pharmacist profession and is the largest pharmacy ...

FEARS over drug deals on internet
The West Australian, Feb 2, 2004
... A click of a mouse could supply whatever drug a patient wanted from on line pharmacy services available 24 hours a day," Dr St George wrote.

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