On January 5, 2024, FDA authorized Florida’s Section 804 Importation Program (SIP) proposal to allow Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) to import drugs from Canada for a period of two years. AHCA revised their 2020 proposal to the FDA several times and submitted clarifying communications prior to the agency’s determination. While eight other states have laws that permit drug importation, and six of them are seeking FDA approval, this is the first time that the FDA has approved a state entity to import drugs from another country.[1][2] For
