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Rule changes could hinder personal prescription drug imports

NPR | By Sydney Lupkin
Published October 26, 2026 at 3:55 PM CDT

For years, some people have been buying their prescription drugs from pharmacies outside the U.S. But changes are coming to personal import rules that could make that harder to do.

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Sydney Lupkin
Sydney Lupkin is the pharmaceuticals correspondent for NPR, where she has reported on accelerated drug approvals whose confirmatory trials were overdue, Operation Warp Speed contract accountability, and the ripple effects of obesity drug shortages. 
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