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| U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs |
| Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations |
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| Title: Buyer Beware: The Danger of Purchasing Pharmaceuticals Over The Internet |
| Date: 6/17/04 |
| Time (EST): 9:00 AM |
| Place: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Rm. 342 |
| The Subcommittee intends to hold two days of hearings to examine the extent to which consumers can purchase pharmaceuticals over the Internet without a medical prescription, the importation of pharmaceuticals into the United States, and whether the pharmaceuticals from foreign sources are counterfeit, expired, unsafe, or illegitimate. In addition, the Subcommittee hearings will examine the extent to which U.S. consumers can purchase dangerous and often addictive controlled substances from Internet pharmacy websites and the procedures utilized by the Food and Drug Administration, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, and private stakeholders to address these drug safety issues.
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File: GAO Report on Internet Pharmacies (pdf) |
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Testimony
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Panel 1
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Dr.
Marcia Crosse
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, Director, Public Health and Military Health Care Issues
, U. S. Government Accountability Office
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Mr.
Robert J. Cramer
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, Managing Director, Office of Special Investigations
, General Accounting Office
, Washington, DC |
Panel 2
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The Honorable
Rudolph W. Giuliani
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, Chairman and CEO
, Giuliani Partners, LLC
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Dr.
Marvin D. Shepherd
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, Director, Center for Pharmacoeconomic Studies
, College of Pharmacy, University of Texas at Austin
, Austin, Texas |
Panel 3
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Ms.
Francine Haight
, Lost Son to Illegal Prescription Drugs Purchased
, Through Domestic Internet Companies
, Orange County, California |
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Ms.
Elizabeth Carr
, Lost Husband to Illegal Prescription Drugs Purchased
, Through International Internet Companies
, Sacramento, California |
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