[A. Pole]

An outright ban is simply a scheme to preserve the two tier pricing system, and subsidize Japan, Canada and Western Europe for the fruits of American drug research, paid for by Americans who fork over the higher tier price.

Another poor suffereing corporations myth. The medication which I would like to be cheaper can be bought in Europe in generic form for 10% of price. And it was invented IN FRANCE and the pharma company selling it in USA is GERMAN.

[Torie]

All the more reason to have a most favored nation pricing law in the US. I had not thought about the issue of drug companies off shore doing research, and making the two tier system cause only one set of comsumers, ie in the US, to pay for it. Thanks for tweaking my brain on that.