In mid-September, the Drug Enforcement Agency stopped shipments of oxycodone at a Walgreens facility located in Florida due to suspiciously high sales of the pain killer. The DEA has been cracking down on pharmacy chains such as Walgreens due to the indication that these drugs are being diverted to drug addicts.

The long anticipated US-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is expected to take effect in early November after years of delay. The agreement will immediately remove duties on 50% of US exports of agriculture and 86% of US exports of automobiles, electrical equipment, and pharmaceutical goods. This FTA will be a huge step for both countries as the US is Panama’s largest trading partner and roughly 10% of US imports and exports pass through the Panama Canal.