Canadian health officials are drafting a proposal that could halt Internet sales of prescription drugs to U.S. consumers, which could "essentially kill" a $700 million industry, the AP/Washington Post reports (see the Washington Post article). As reported in iHealthbeat:

The three-part measure would prohibit physicians in Canada from cosigning prescriptions from U.S. patients they have not examined, ban prescriptions for foreigners who are not in Canada, and compile a list of popular Canadian drugs that cannot be exported.

Meanwhile, a new case of mad cow disease was recently confirmed in Canada. Nevertheless, this won't affect US plans to lift a ban on Canadian beef imports imposed after a 2003 mad cow incident.

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