Florida Gets FDA Approval of Plan to Import Drugs From Canada

The FDA has approved Florida’s plan to import drugs from Canada, making it the first state permitted to do so, after submitting its plan to the FDA in 2020.

Five other states — Vermont, Colorado, Maine, New Mexico and New Hampshire — have passed legislation aimed at creating such import programs.

Florida’s Agency for Health Care has said it intends to import prescription drugs to treat such conditions as HIV/AIDS, diabetes, hepatitis C and mental illness for Medicaid recipients, patients at facilities run by the Florida Department of Children and Families, individuals under the care of the Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities, patients at county health departments managed by the Florida Department of Health and inmates in the custody of the Florida Department of Corrections.

Read the FDA’s authorization letter to Florida here.

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