Biden’s FDA is letting Ron DeSantis import cheaper drugs from Canada. Who gets to take credit? John Wilkerson By John Wilkerson Jan. 5, 2024

Biden’s FDA is letting Ron DeSantis import cheaper drugs from Canada. Who gets to take credit? John Wilkerson By John Wilkerson Jan. 5, 2024 https://www.statnews.com/2024/01/05/ron-desantis-import-drugs-canada-biden-trump/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=289053632&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--0lv22hwhzzpgMiu0SJqRcB-JjbEJq-lMB3odJlsk7QuZl6lfGiOLqWwL9nrAerH1Ah2xyExdpk88UBffwNT5L_imALQ&utm_content=289053632&utm_source=hs_email A breakthrough in importing cheaper drugs to the U.S. The Biden administration has approved Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ plan to import a limited set of brand drugs from Canada, paving the way for other states to follow suit and setting up a fight to take credit for the drug-price-lowering measure in the race for president. The approval is a breakthrough in a decades-long debate over whether to allow drug imports. Congress passed a law in 2003 to let wholesalers and pharmacists import Canadian drugs, but only if the FDA approved drug importation as safe, and until now the agency had refused to make that determination. The approval allows Florida to import drugs for two years, but it won’t be simple. Canadian health officials don’t want Americans raiding their medicine cabinets, and drug companies are expected to challenge drug importation in court. Read more on what’s next from STAT’s John Wilkerson.