'Net pharmacies, provincial body agree to truce
Canada.com - Internet pharmacies and the Manitoba Pharmaceutical Association have agreed to the province's call for a truce.
Lawsuits filed against the association that licenses and regulates pharmacists in Manitoba have been dropped.
ajc.com - Americans want to buy prescription drugs from Canada at prices often 40 percent to 70 percent cheaper than what people with no drug insurance pay.
Purchasing drugs in Canada isn't new. Busloads of seniors on Medicare, especially from Northern states, have been traveling across the border for years to save money on medications. Many drugs are cheaper in Canada because the U.S. dollar buys $1.57 Canadian and the government controls prices. In the past two years, dozens of Canadian pharmacy Web sites have attracted Internet-savvy customers from the United States.
But a new twist is that fledgling U.S. firms are setting up offices, especially in the South, to assist people not able or willing to travel or use a computer to cash in on the trend. The operations never handle drugs directly but act as go-betweens connecting American consumers with Canadian pharmacists. Three have opened in metro Atlanta in the last few months, with two already planning to expand throughout the state.
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