Uninsured turn to online imported drugs
San Francisco ChroniclePosted: May 15th, 2008 by Steve Trinward
“Hayden Hamilton never planned to go into the business of selling pharmaceuticals. But when his brother and aunt lost their jobs and health insurance, and a close friend was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease, he began a quest for affordable drugs. While traveling with his friend to Asia to search for treatments, Hamilton discovered he could buy low-cost drugs made in plants certified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and send them to his family members. When he learned that India had the greatest number of FDA-approved manufacturing plants outside the United States, the seed of an idea was born.” (05/15/08)
