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JULY 19, 2018

Federal Working Group to Consider Importing Prescription Drugs

By SPC news staff

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar, MD, asked FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, to establish a working group to examine how to safely import prescription generic drugs in the event of a dramatic price increase for a drug produced by one manufacturer and not protected by patents or exclusivities.

“We have seen a number of both branded and generic examples in recent years where a single manufacturer dramatically hikes the price for a drug unprotected by