N.Y. mayor seeks boycott of Canada by drug firms [View All]

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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is urging U.S. drug companies to stop shipping to Canada unless Ottawa changes its policies.
''What American pharmaceutical companies should do is refuse to sell drugs to Canada until they get rid of price controls,'' Mr. Bloomberg said yesterday.The remark added to a growing controversy over the cross-border trade in prescription drugs, estimated to be 60 per cent cheaper in Canada than the United States. Health Canada this week warned pharmacists that cross-border sales, increasingly made through the Internet, could lead to possible drug shortages in Canada.

Health Minister Anne McLellan said yesterday there is no evidence yet of any shortage. She said that regulation of doctors and pharmacists is a provincial responsibility, and that she'll be speaking to her counterparts if there are shortages.

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