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• Biologic patent exclusivity scrapped in new US trade deal

  In July, the Trump administration unveiled plans to allow the reimportation of some drug from Canada into the US, in order to help patients source cheaper medicines.

• White House unveils plans to reimport medicines from Canada

  HHS secretary Alex Azar. The Trump administration unveiled plans yesterday to allow the reimportation of some drugs from Canada into the US, in order to help patients source cheaper medicines. ... The idea of reimportation from across the border in Canada

• Tightly restricted

  Cost constraint mechanisms. Administrative and technology-based steps; focus on chronic care and public health; federal drug price negotiation; reimportation; policies to promote generics; cut Medicare payments; public reporting of provider

• News in brief, May 09, 2007

  Senate will support reimportation to lower drug costs. The US Senate cleared has backed the legalisation of the reimportation of lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada and other countries in order ... Last week, President Bush was reported as likely