BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : OCTOBER 9, 2000 ISSUE
GOVERNMENT

Cheaper Drugs Are Just across the Border


Congress may allow U.S.-made drugs
to be reimported from countries where prices are lower. Here's
a typical cost difference for some popular drugs:

DRUG                         U.S. PRICE*     CANADIAN PRICE**

CLARITIN                       $61.36             $21.40
(for allergies)

PROZAC                         $67.95             $45.72
(antidepressant)

LIPITOR                        $52.32             $42.78
(cholesterol-lowering)


* for 30 pills at lowest available dose, drugstore.com
** in U.S. $ from a pharmacy in Thunder Bay, Ont.

DATA: DRUGSTORE.COM/ARP PHARMACY


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