Cialis Maker Eli Lilly Battles To Prevent Drug Importation To The US From Other Countries

Date:22nd January 2008

Fearing that the importation of medicines from several other countries to the US may put the health of consumers at risk of being adversely affected as most of these drugs are likely to be counterfeit, Eli Lilly and Co., the manufacturer of the erectile dysfunction drug Cialis and other drug manufacturing companies are gearing up to fight against legislation that enable and facilitate drug supply to the US from outside the country.

The drug manufacturing companies in the US, including Eli Lilly have reportedly taken this step after noticing the availability of several counterfeit versions of their medicines worldwide. And with regard to Eli Lilly's medicines, it is clear that fake versions of several drugs manufactured by the company, namely the antidepressant Cymbalta, anti-impotency medicine Cialis and Zyprexa, the antipsychotic are available throughout the world in a massive scale.

According to sources, last year also Eli Lilly and other US-based drug companies battled against importation of medicines from countries such as Australia, Japan, Canada and other European nations and won the battle successfully with the Senate implementing restrictions on drug importation from these countries.

Source: http://www.indystar.com/