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PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
GlaxoSmithKline Says It Will No Longer Sell Products To Canadian
Companies That Market GSK Drugs to the United States
GlaxoSmithKline said in Jan. 1 letters to Canadian pharmacies and
wholesalers that market GSK treatments over the Internet to the United
States and other nations that GSK will no longer sell products to
companies that continue the practice after Jan. 21, the Wall Street
Journal reports. "In the interest of patient safety and the maintenance
of an adequate product supply in (Canada)," GSK is "strongly against the
Internet sale and export of its Canadian medications," one of the letters
said (Lueck/Baglole, Wall Street Journal, 1/13). Mary Ann Rhyne, a GSK
spokesperson, said that Canadian labels on the treatments may appear in a
different language or have dosage amounts -- such as milliliters rather
than teaspoons -- that differ from U.S. versions of the medications. In
addition, the treatments may not be shipped to the United States "under
proper conditions" of temperature, humidity and radiation "that would
affect the safety and efficacy of a medicine," she said. GSK sent the
letters to six wholesalers and a few dozen pharmacies, she said (Loyd,
Philadelphia Inquirer, 1/13).
Manitoba Industry Minister MaryAnn Minychuck said that she would
investigate whether GSK's decision to end product sales to some Canadian
pharmacies and wholesalers violated the free-trade agreement between the
United States and Canada (Wall Street Journal, 1/13). Rep. Bernard
Sanders (I-Vt.) said that the decision "seriously jeopardizes the health
and well-being of thousands of Americans," adding that he plans to
introduce legislation to prevent the move, the AP/Long Island Newsday
reports (Agovino, AP/Long Island Newsday, 1/11).
Full Newsday article at:
http://www.newsday.com/news/health/wire/sns-ap-glaxo-canada0111jan11,0,21
14529.story
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