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Last chance to register for our meeting this Friday...
Spring NLARx Meeting in Charleston, West Virginia
Join us in West Virginia's state capital for timely presentations and discussion about saving health care dollars through generics, strategies to expand access to Medicare Part D, Medicaid policy and data-miners, and conflict of interest policies at academic medical centers. Plus, our usual lively legislators' roundtable....
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In the StatesHAWAII: Lawmakers Pass Drug Vending Bill MoreMARYLAND: State Passes Comprehensive PBM Oversight Laws More
COLORADO: House Approves Bill to Insurers From Providing Incentives for Prescribing Generics More
NEW YORK: Attorney General Reports 2007 Medicaid Fraud Recoveries Nearly Double More
WISCONSIN: New Consolidated Health Program Enrollment Higher Than Expected More
CALIFORNIA: Healthy San Francisco Program Prompts Some Companies To Shift Costs to Consumers but Appears Effective More
PREEMPTION ALERT: House Bill on Drug Pedigree Requirements Would Preempt State Laws More
NCSL: Legislators prod Congress on Medicaid More
Twenty-Three States Face Budget Gaps in 2009 More |
Pharma Watch
At WHO Meeting, Patient Group Has Pharma Ties More
Profits Fall at Drug Firms More
Big Pharma Digs In More
Pfizer Lobbyist: Kickbacks To Docs Are Bad More
Amgen's Net Income Rises 2.3% Despite Tepid Anemia Drug Sales More
Amgen's Kevin Sharer: One Of The Worst CEOs More
Merck's Dick Clark Has An Epiphany More
Sanofi-Aventis Profit Declines 14% More
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Fraud & Abuse
Lawsuit Says Doctors Buying Illegally Imported Cancer Drugs, Putting Patients at Risk More
Whistleblower Lawsuit Filed Over Baycol Fraud More
Pfizer Settles Lawsuits Over Two Painkillers More
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Prices & Health Care Costs
Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs Releases Report on Safe and Effective Opioid Painkillers More
Americans Rank Health Care Near the Top of their Economic Woes, New Poll Finds More
Even the Insured Feel Strain of Health Costs More
Clinton Foundation, UNITAID Announce New Antiretroviral Discounts More
Widening Gap Seen in Access to Healthcare More
New Drug Pricing System Costing Consumers More
Costs Can Vary By $100 or More for Same Drugs More
Hospitals Increasingly Requiring Upfront Payment for Services To Reduce Bad Debt More
Drugmakers Win Appeal Against UK Watchdog More
Bristol-Myers Blinks Over Erbitux Price In Canada More
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Generics & Patent Policy
USTR Wants to End Deals Delaying Generics More
Keeping Patents Obtained By Cheating? More
Wal-Mart Launches Next Phase of $4 Prescription Program More
California's Top Court Backs Award Against Genentech More
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Conflicts of Interest
Task Force Releases Report on Industry Funding of Medical Education More
Medical Schools Should Implement Bans on Drug, Medical Device Industry Gifts, Editorial States More
Lyme Disease Guidelines Subject to Accord More
A Conflicted Campaign To Attack Industry Criticism More
Lawmakers Question FDA's Hiring of PR Firm, Bonuses for Officials More
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Advertising & Marketing
Senators Kohl and Durbin Investigate AMA Program Allowing Opt-out of Datamining More
Association of American Medical Colleges Proposes Ban on Pharmaceutical
Company Gifts More
Drug Advertising Will Be Reviewed by FDA Panel More
Vytorin Ads Above the Fold, But Not the Data More
What's Behind AstraZeneca's New Push for FDA Preview of DTC Ads? More
Money From $38M Settlement to Aid Drug-Education Program More
To Counter Sales Reps, Insurers Push Step Therapy More
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PBM Watch
PBMs and Medicare Part D More
PBM Association Lobbies for Electronic Prescribing Requirement in Medicare Bill More
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Medicare
Elderly Still Pay Dearly For Prescriptions More
States Look to Rein In Private Medicare Plans More
Humana Reports Q1 Revenue Increase Driven by Medicare Advantage Plan Performance More
Senior Drug Benefits Costly & Confusing More
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Medicaid
Preferred Drug List Saves Texas $116 Million More
New Jersey Official Discusses Concerns About Proposed Medicaid Copayments More
Leavitt Says Administration Would Accept Short-Term
Moratorium on Two New Medicaid Regulations More
House Votes 349-62 To Approve Legislation To Block New Medicaid Regulations More
Appeals Court Decision Restores More Than $1M in HIV/AIDS Funds to New York Counties More
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Safety & Clinical Trials
Controversial Clinical Trial Results Databases Gather Momentum More
FDA Globalization Act Earns Support for Inspections, Concern Over Details More
FDA Needs Additional $225M, New Authority To Inspect Foreign Facilities,Agency
Officials Say More
FDA Official Pulls Back on Estimates of Cost To Inspect Foreign Drug Makers Properly More
FDA to Hire More Than 1,300 People More
Adverse-Event Reports Suggest Current Sleep Drugs May be Nearly as Problematic as
the Older Drugs More
Prescription Drug User Fees Will Go to Improve Postmarket Drug Safety More
FDA Official Says Agency Cannot Ensure Safety of All Medications Sold in U.S. More
Parents Advised to Monitor Teen Use of Insulin Pumps More
FDA Cites Risks to Expanding Cephalon Drug More |
Confidentiality
Former House Speaker Gingrich Discusses Need for More Physicians To
Adopt Electronic Health Record Systems, Focus on Preventive
Health More
Kaiser Permanente Completes Rollout of Electronic Medical Records More
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More Goings On in Congress
Senate Approves Genetic Nondiscrimination Bill More
Congressional Quarterly's Carey Looks at Genetic Anti-Discrimination
Measure, Legislation To Block Medicaid Rules Implementation, FDA
Hearings More |
Importation & Trade
US Trade Rep Keeps Thailand On Priority Watch More
NGOs Strongly Ask Swiss Government to Stop Attacks Against Access to Medicines in Thailand More
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Editorials
USA Today Editorial, Opinion Piece Address Whether FDA Approval of Medications Should Exempt Companies From Liability Lawsuits More
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