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Terence Corcoran: Trade and patent policies cut pharma shipments to U.S.

Canadian firms to end delivery of cheaper drugs to Americans

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“Diamantina Cavazos, 38-year-old Dallas-based project manager, has used an online Canadian pharmacy for two years to buy a prescription drug for around $10 a week, a fraction of what it costs in the U.S. As of next month, a loophole that allows her to personally import the medication, Xifaxan, for her painful gut condition, is closing. She will have to pay $1,100 a week for her prescription because she couldn’t get it covered by her insurer in the U.S. ‘I am extremely upset,’........

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