The
Affordable Prescription Drugs News section provides access
to all State of Illinois press releases that have been published
relating to the Fight for Affordable Prescription Drugs.
Features
The Governor announces Illinois is submitting a formal request to U.S. Health and Human Services Sec. Tommy Thompson asking to launch the first federally-approved drug importation pilot program.
U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel from Chicago has been leading
the fight in Congress to pass legislation allowing pharmacists,
wholesalers and consumers to buy FDA-approved medications from
other industrialized countries.