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[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

allowing our pharmaceutical companies to make any us drug ignoring patents/licenses would be pretty brutal.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 9 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

And many Americans would love Canada if Canadians would sell them those drugs at costs far below what the American Pharma industry was charging.

That would be a great move, piss off the US pharma companies while getting on the good side of individual Americans.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

if Canadians would sell them those drugs at costs far below what the American Pharma industry was charging.

The mail order pharmacies were charging Americans less than they would pay at home - and It caused a few shortages of some medications for Canadian patients.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago

Yeah, in a trade war there are casualties. Maybe the Canadian government could do more to increase supply to those privateer mail order "pharmacies", or something.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

And many Americans would love Canada if Canadians would sell them those drugs at costs far below what the American Pharma industry was charging.

Oh thats so fiendish.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 hours ago

Easy to do too. Probably the easiest thing on this whole wishlist. Canadian "pharmacies" that sell products shipped by mail into the US already exist. I'm sure they'd happily sell even more stuff that was freely available in Canada patent and license free.