| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : OCTOBER 9, 2000 ISSUE | ||||||||
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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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