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# Schakowsky Introduces Drug Import Bill
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/schakowsky-introduces-drug-import-bill/
- Published: 2024-06-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T14:34:23.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Drugs, #legacy-id-D5157269

Rep. **Jan Schakowky** (D-IL) has introduced the Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act that would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow American wholesalers, pharmacies, and individuals to import “affordable and safe drugs from Canada, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and Switzerland.” In a [statement](https://schakowsky.house.gov/media/press-releases/schakowsky-introduces-legislation-further-lower-rx-prices-americans?ref=fdaweb.com), Schakowsky says that currently, some branded drug prices are more than four times higher in the U.S. than in other countries.

“As a result,” she says, “the U.S. makes up for more of Big Pharma’s profits than the rest of the world combined…. There is no reason that Americans should be paying double, sometimes even triple the cost for the same drugs. It is time for Big Pharma’s price gouging to come to an end and for U.S. patients to have access to the same fair drug pricing as the rest of the developed world.”

The statement lists seven representatives as co-sponsors of the bill and support from several stakeholder groups.