US plan to source drugs in Ireland illegal and unworkable

A PROPOSAL by a United States governor to source prescription drugs in Ireland has been branded unworkable, illegal in its present form and damaging to sick Irish people.

Representatives of the pharmaceutical industry believe the proposal by the Illinois governor, which has received huge coverage in the US, is a non-starter.

In a statement released by the governor, it was claimed he dispatched a delegation of public health and drug officials to Europe who met with, among others, representatives from governments, pharmacies and wholesalers. Bodies representing drug manufacturers and pharmacists say they did not meet with a team sent by Governor Rod Blagojevich, who announced his plan on Tuesday.