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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe in Miami

FDA approves program to allow Florida to import Canadian prescription drugs

Prescription drugs spill out of a bottle.
The program is a rare instance of the Trump and Biden administrations backing the same government plan. Photograph: Elise Amendola/AP

A public health policy that won rare backing from both the Biden and Trump administrations looks ready to open a flow of cheaper prescription drugs from Canada to Florida, ending a decades-long block on the importation of certain pharmaceuticals to the US.

The federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the state approval under a drugs importation program that seeks to lower the cost of medicines for US consumers without imposing additional risks to their health or safety.

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