DC court over­rules PhRMA's bid to shut down drug im­ports from Cana­da

The DC Cir­cuit Court has struck a blow against the phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal lob­by­ing group PhRMA and oth­er plain­tiffs’ at­tempt to stop states from im­port­ing drugs from Cana­da.

Joined along­side pub­lic health group Part­ner­ship for Safe Med­i­cines and ad­vo­ca­cy group Coun­cil for Af­ford­able Health Cov­er­age, PhRMA was re­buffed by Judge Tim­o­thy Kel­ly on Mon­day, who dis­missed the civ­il suit due to a lack of stand­ing.

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