The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is set to allow the state of Florida to import prescription drugs from Canada, breaking a years-long logjam in a U.S. quest to access cheaper drugs from north of the border and heightening fears about the risk of drug shortages in Canada.
On Friday, the FDA released a decision saying Florida could “import certain prescription drugs from Canada if (it) will significantly reduce the cost to the American consumer without imposing additional risk to public health and safety.”
“It’s about time that the FDA put patients over politics and the interests of Floridians over Big Pharma,” said Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
