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NLARx News
Legislators Act to Amend Resolutions on E-Prescribing and Health Info Technology to Protect Privacy and Limit Marketing Uses of Data More; Hear of State Successes Curtailing a Still-Powerful Big Pharma More
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Outrage of the Week
PBMs Know What's in Your Medicine Cabinet - They Use Prescription Histories to Deny Coverage More
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In the StatesCalifornia: Courts Consider Effects of Medicaid Fee Reductions for Pharmacists More
Maine: Coalition Collects Enough Signatures for Ballot Measure on
Repealing Beverage Tax Increase That Funds Health Care
Program More
Texas: Attorney General Abbott Recovers $15.7 Million In Medicaid Costs Under National Settlement More
Washington: Save Money on Prescription Drugs More
West Virginia: Drug Company Disclosure Report Is Short on Detail More
West Virginia: Prescription Drug Program Showing Growth, Success Within First Three Months More |
Prices & Health Costs
Specialty Drugs - Trends and Rebates More
Total U.S. Prescriptions Drop as Consumers' Health Care Costs Rise More
U.S. Spends More Than Twice as Much on Health Care Per Person Than Most
Other Industrialized Nations, Ranks Last in Preventable Mortality,
Study Finds More
New York Times Examines Patients' Access to Experimental Medications More
Average Single Premium per Enrolled Employee For Employer-Based Health Insurance, 2006 More
States That Allow Individuals to Deduct Health Savings Accounts Contributions, 2008 More
Lawmakers Lambaste Drugmakers for 'Egregious' Prices More
Tough Times Prompt Patients to Skip Care More
How Much Should Medicare Pay for Prescription Drugs? More
House Committee Report Finds Medicare Pays Up to 30% More for Medications Under Part D Plans More
Lawmakers Criticize Pharmaceutical Companies for Large Price Increases for Brand-Name Medications for Rare Diseases More
CMS Proposal Would Limit Industry Practice That Raises Costs for Some Medicare Drug Plan Beneficiaries More
High Gas Prices Drive More People to Mail-Order Drugs More
Clinton Foundation Sets Up Malaria-Drug Price Plan More
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Fraud & Abuse
Senate Republicans To Begin Campaign Against Medicare Fraud More
BMS Pays $500 Million On Medicaid Fraud Suits More
Tran Is Named WellCare Finance Chief More
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Generics & Patent Policy
Biogenerics Would Reduce Health Care Costs for Patients, Says GPhA More
Roche/Amgen Case Could Signal Shift in Courts Regarding Compulsory Licenses More
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Conflicts of Interest
FDA Chief Counsel Soon on GSK Payroll More
Drugmaker Sponsors Journalism Group Seminar More
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Pharma Watch
Big Pharma to Close 26 More Plants More
Roche Bid Blindsided Genentech More
Abbott Posts 34% Rise in Net On Humira's Strong Growth More
Teva to Buy U.S. Generic Rival Barr for $7.46 Billion More
Prescription Drugs Boost Novartis's Profit by 12% More
Lilly, Bristol-Myers Post Increased Profits More
Big Pharma Self-Medicates In a Bid to Lift Ailing Returns More
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PBM Watch
Express Scripts, Cigna Unit To Pay $27 Million In NY Suit Settlement More
House Committee To Investigate Health Insurance Policy Rescissions Nationwide More
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Advertising & Marketing
FDA Faulted Over Unapproved Uses of Medications More
Pens, Mugs, Clocks, Notepads and Other Handouts More
FDA Tells Wyeth to Stop Using BeneFIX Card More
Drug Ad Rules Are Hazy, Enforcement Often Slow, GAO Reports More
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Medicare
Medicare Part D: Drug Pricing and Manufacturer Windfalls (House Government Oversight Committee Report) More
Comparing Medicare and Medicaid Drug Pricing: Apples, Oranges and Windfalls (Republican Staff Analysis of Windfalls Report) More
How Changes In Medicare Affect Patients More
General Motors Working With Firm To Help Retirees Transition to Medicare Coverage More
Discharges and Total Days of Care for Medicare Beneficiaries Discharged from Short-Stay Hospitals, 2006 More
Eroding Access Among Nonelderly Adults with Chronic Conditions: Ten Years of Change More
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Medicaid
Precarious Position: States Must Balance Declining Revenues With a Growing Need for Medicaid More
More than 11,000 West Virginia Medicaid Beneficiaries Enroll in
'Enhanced' Benefits Plan, Sign Pledge To Adopt Healthier
Lifestyles More
Louisiana Health Department Secretary Announces Panel That Will Help State Overhaul Medicaid More
WellCare Revises Past Financial Statements To Include Refunds Owed to Florida, Illinois Medicaid Programs More
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Safety & Clinical Trials
House Staffers Discuss Revisions to Draft Legislation That Aims To Improve Drug Safety More
Ranbaxy House Probe Questions FDA's Role More
Amgen Bone-Building Drug Shows Promise in Study More
Potential Blockbuster For Bayer Clears Panel More
FDA To Recommend That Doctors Conduct Genetic Screening Before
Prescribing Antiretroviral Abacavir To Reduce Allergic
Reactions More
Drugs to Build Bones May Weaken Them More
Percent of Children Age 19-35 Months Who Are Immunized, 2007 More
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Electronic Records
House Energy and Commerce Committee Approves Bill Aiming To Promote Electronic Health Records Nationwide More
Senate Committee Conducts Hearing To Discuss Methods To Spur Nationwide Adoption of Electronic Health Records More
Widespread Adoption of E-Prescribing Could Save U.S. $156M Over Five
Years, Reduce Drug-Related Error Injuries, HHS Secretary Leavitt
Says More
E-Prescribers See Medicare Bonus, But Late Adopters Will Face Pay Cut More
South Carolina Medicaid Beneficiaries' Medical Records Now Available Electronically More
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Fellowships
The 2009-2010 Packer Policy Fellowship: An Australian-American Health Policy Fellowship Program More
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