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I think the current friction in free flow of medication across borders is not unwarranted. I'm thinking of Thalidomide as an example. https://en.wikipedia.org/

• chimeracoder 8y ago
  > I think the current friction in free flow of medication across borders is not unwarranted. I'm thinking of Thalidomide as an example. That's a completely different situation. Currently, if an American pharmaceutical company produces a drug in the US and exports it to another country, people in the US cannot purchase it from foreign suppliers, even though it's both FDA-approved and produced by the same manufacturer. This dramatically raises the prices of drugs in the US. Allowing imports of FDA-approved drugs from both domestic and foreign manufacturers would reduce prescription costs in the US greatly.
  • ranie93 8y ago
    > [Allow] imports of FDA-approved drugs from both domestic and foreign manufacturers I agree. I interpreted the OP's comment of "You should be able to legally import them from, at the very least, any NAFTA country and any EU member." to be too lax.