AMA Backs Personal Importation Of Rx Drugs From Canada

The American Medical Association adopted a policy supporting personal importation of prescription drugs from Canada, coming as the Trump administration and lawmakers from both parties also push the idea as a way of tackling high U.S. drug costs. The policy, adopted at AMA’s interim meeting in Maryland this week, expresses support for in-person drug imports from licensed “brick and mortar” Canadian pharmacies, so long as drugs imported are a limited quantity for personal use only. The medications also must be...