Every drug that U.S. states might want to import from Canada in bulk is covered by Canadian rules forbidding them to leave if that would cause a shortage here, Health Canada said. The department said it has reminded potential Canadian exporters that they could lose their licences to make and sell prescription drugs here if they violate the rules. (The Logic)

Talking point: On Friday, the American Food and Drug Administration authorized Florida to import medications from Canada if doing so would mean lower prices for Floridians, the first approval of several such applications from state governments. The United States has some of the highest drug prices in the world: for 2021, Canada’s regulator for medicines still under patent protection reported that comparable drugs in the U.S. cost more than 3.5 times as much as in Canada. Importing the benefits of Canadian price restrictions is a policy that spans the American ideological spectrum.