Florida can now import drugs from Canada

While the move allows Biden to claim another drug pricing win on the campaign trail, pollsters and political operatives said the fact Americans are unlikely to see their drug prices go down by November means the FDA’s decision is unlikely to have any tangible effect on the presidential election.

“It’s not happening right now,” said Jared Leopold, a Democratic strategist. “People aren’t going to see the impact of that before election time.”

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Canada updated its regulations in 2021 to prevent drugs intended for Canadian consumers, including medicines eligible for bulk importation by the U.S., from being sold for use abroad if those exports could cause or worsen a drug shortage.

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Pharma companies and the Canadian government — longtime opponents of bulk drug importation — are unlikely to sanction the flow of prescription drugs over the border. Canada has adopted regulatory guardrails to ensure drugs can’t be exported if it would exacerbate domestic supply issues, and drugmakers have indicated they won’t allocate more product to Canada than is earmarked for the country.

“The likelihood of this actually materializing is negligible,” said Eric Miller, a Washington-based trade consultant.

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Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said those limitations essentially preclude drug importation under the Florida plan from becoming a reality.

  Politico

No surprise here. Of course Big Pharma is not going to do anything that reduces their income from America.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.