The recently introduced Bill HR 1245 IH, the ‘‘Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act’’ attempts to open the door to lower cost drugs via Canadian pharmacies.1 This bill is not intended to be a follow up to the as yet fully enacted Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA signed November 2013) but its very nature binds the two pieces of legislation. Apparently the authors of this recent bill are not fluent with the problems being addressed by DSCSA.
The bill focuses on importation from Canada, which implies that the authors are unaware of the global counterfeiting problem. The reference to legitimate internet pharmacies confirms this concern.