Canada isn't so keen on sharing its drugs

In an effort to lower U.S. drug prices, the Trump administration has said it will import some medications from Canada — where prescription costs are considerably lower.

One hitch: Canadians are furious. And some are trying their darnedest to stop it, write STAT’s Nicholas Florko and Lev Facher. The biggest concern is that such imports could exacerbate an already critical shortage of many drugs in Canada.

“You are coming as Americans to poach our drug supply, and I don’t have any polite words for that,” Amir Attaran, a professor at the University of Ottowa, told STAT. (He also called the plan “deplorable” and “atrociously unethical.”

“Our drugs are not for you, period,” he said.

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