Weekly Policy Blog: Colorado Submits Amended Drug Importation Program Application  

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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