Inside STAT: Canadians are furious over Trump’s drug import plan. Some want to stop it

 (MOLLY FERGUSON FOR STAT)

President Trump announced late last month a plan to import drugs from Canada to help lower Americans’ prescription costs, and Canadians are not happy about it. And some are even proposing ways to stop it. Canada’s health minister is meeting today with pharmacists and others in the drug industry to discuss a response. The backlash stems from the fact that Canada is already dealing with a drug shortage and a U.S. proposal to import drugs from its northern neighbor could put more pressure on an already strained system. “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 Ottawa, told STAT’s Nicholas Florko. Read more here.