Colorado is still working to become the second state, after Florida, to be authorized to import prescription drugs from Canada. The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) submitted an amended Section 804 Importation Program (SIP) proposal to the FDA. This submission addressed questions asked by the FDA in a request for information (RFI) and was the next step in seeking federal approval to operate Colorado’s Canadian Drug Importation Program. The amended SIP application includes a list of 24 drugs for importation, which was reduced from 112 drugs in an attempt to make the undertaking more practicable. HCPF shared during a 3/12 stakeholder meeting that it anticipates the FDA will come back with another RFI within the next 3-6 months and estimates the FDA could approve Colorado’s Importation Program by as early as late 2024.
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