MERCK TIGHTENS SALES TO CANADA

Merck & Co., the second-biggest U.S. drugmaker, has started shutting off sales to Canadian pharmacies exporting drugs to American patients, adding to manufacturers' efforts to disrupt the cross-border trade. Daren Jorgenson, owner of Winnipeg, Manitoba-based Canadameds.com, said he received a letter Jan. 17 from Merck's Canadian unit, Merck Frosst, saying his supplies would be blocked until he discontinues all direct and indirect exports of the company's products to the U.S.

The Boston Globe (http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/01/20/merck_tightens_sales_to_canada/?rss_id=Boston%2BGlobe%2B--%2BBusiness%2BNews)