Are the Drugs you take Fake?

Are They Administered by your Doctor?









From the outskirts of Winnipeg, Kris Thorkelson's Canada Drugs grew to become a vital link for American consumers stung by high drug prices. The Internet pharmacy had by the middle part of the last decade filled millions of U.S. prescriptions with low-cost, Canadian supplies of everything from Pfizer Inc.'s  cholesterol pill Lipitor toGlaxoSmithKline  PLC's asthma treatment Advair.


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