Report on Feasibility of Employees And Retirees Safely And Effectively Purchasing Prescription Drugs from Canadian Pharmacies

Addresses the feasibility of enabling participants in the State of Illinois' employee & retiree health benefit programs to purchase a specified set of prescription medications from Canadian vendors. The question is: can State employees & retirees obtain safe & effective prescription medications at lower overall cost by purchasing them from Canadian pharmacies? Purchasing pharmaceuticals from Canadian sources may reduce costs & extend the purchasing power of employees & retirees to better afford prescription drugs. The analysis draws on info. gathered through research, by soliciting the views of major org's. & assoc. within the U.S.' pharmaceutical industry, & through a fact-finding visit to several of Canada's major pharmaceutical providers.Kamath, Ram is the author of 'Report on Feasibility of Employees And Retirees Safely And Effectively Purchasing Prescription Drugs from Canadian Pharmacies ', published 2003 under ISBN 9780756743284 and ISBN 0756743281.