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No More Imports: Seventh Circuit Decision In United States V. Genendo Is An Expensive Pill For American Consumers To Swallow, Nicole L. Little

Seventh Circuit Review

Approximately half of American consumers take at least one prescription drug a day. However, the United States has significantly higher drug prices than most other countries, and many American consumers struggle to pay for the drugs they need. A legislative response to America’s drug-pricing problem has been slow to transpire, and consumers have turned elsewhere to cut their costs. Some consumers personally import from countries abroad that sell the drugs they need at discounted prices. The drugs these consumers receive may not be of the same quality they expect from drugs bought in the United States, but they are willing …