House votes to allow drugs from abroad. (Rx Drug Importation).

Publication: Medicine & Health

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Despite vigorous opposition from the White House, the drug industry, the Food and Drug Administration, and House Republican leaders, the House voted July 25 by a surprisingly strong 243-186 margin to allow Americans to purchase FDA-approved drugs from 25 industrialized nations.

The House leadership was forced to allow consideration...

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