Position:

The undersigned organizations representing Canadian pharmacists, members of the supply chain and patients believe that, in order to protect Canadian patients and preserve a vital national health resource, the federal government should institute an immediate, simple and straightforward ban on the export, both bulk and retail, of prescription drugs produced for Canadians. Our pharmaceutical manufacturers should be allowed to continue their well-established trade of exporting pharmaceuticals made for the export market.

Allowing Canadian price-controlled medicines to be exported to the United States will damage the Canadian drug supply and could very well lead to increased drug prices for Canadians. The cross-border prescription drug trade is counter to Canada’s national interest. Canada’s government has a responsibility to protect Canadian patients, and to do so before shortages occur. It must act now.

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