In the States
IOWA: Local Pharmacies Offer Drop-Off Services for Prescription Drugs more
MAINE: Progress on PBM Bill more
Drug Companies Oppose Medicine 'Take-Back' Bill more
MINNESOTA: Legislature Debates Pharma Influence more
Testimony: Common-sense Rx Reforms Important to Seniors, Consumers more
NEW YORK: Governor Pushes to Ban Drug-Industry Gifts to Docs more
NEVADA: Gibbons Backs off Threat to Pull Out of Medicaid more
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Outrage of the Week
Doctor Quits Brigham to Speak for Pay more
Harvard Doc Steps Down to Keep Drug-Industry Speaking Gig more
Dr. Lawrence DuBuske: Me, Myself, and I.R.I.N.E. more
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Comic Relief
Prescott Pharma's Side Effects: Collect 'Em All more
Drug Commercial Spoof "Ask Your Doctor" YouTube
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Pharmaceuticals & Health Reform
Web-Based Records Worried Patients, Prompting More Neutral Language more
Rules For Patient Data Security Remain Widely Unenforced more
As State Legislatures Gear Up, Federal Health Overhaul Is On Their Agenda more
States Worry About Medicaid Stimulus Money Drying Up Under Scaled-Back Health Bill more
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Prices and Access to Health Care
AIDS Group Bans Merck Sales Reps Over Pricing moreThe Cost Of Cancer Meds Influences Treatment more |
Fraud and Abuse
J&J Charged With Kickback Scheme more
Former LA Medical Center Owners To Pay $10M In Medicare Fraud Case more
Visiting Physicians Assoc. to Pay $9.5M to Resolve False Claims Allegations more
National Dental Mgt Company Pays $24M to Resolve Fraud Allegations more
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Conflicts of Interest
"FDA More Pro Industry Than Any Time in 35 Years" more
ACCME Reports Industry Shrinkage more
FDA Warns Researcher For Promoting A Drug more
Grassley Targets NIMH Funding Of Academics more
NIH Scrutinizes Baylor Researchers Over Conflicts more
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Advertising and Marketing
Novartis Pays $185M Fine For Off-Label Marketing more
Weight Gain Played Down in Drug Ad
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DTC Ads Drove Website Traffic To These Brands... more
E-marketing Almost Doubles at Pfizer
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Lawsuit Challenges Marketing of Stents more
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PBM Watch
PBMs Targeted For More US Oversight more
Business Is Booming For Big Drug Negotiators more
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Pharma Watch
Why Does GSK Prefer NY Physicians & Will Gov. Patterson Ruin It for Them? more
AstraZeneca Pressured Medical Mgr Over Seroquel more
Fraud Doc Must Repay $296K To Pfizer more
Kickbackers' Motto: 'Do No Harm' (to Profits) more
Don't Use the R-Word: Hotels Find Trick to Business Bookings more
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Patents and Generics
New FTC Report Blasts Pharma 'Pay-Offs' Protecting $20B in Drug Sales from Competition more
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Medicare and Medicaid
Increased Cost Sharing May Hurt Seniors' Health Care more
How Much Will Medicare Spending Rise in the Coming Decade? more
Florida, California, Kansas Eyeing Cuts in Medicaid Funding more
Commissions To Examine Paring Costs From Medicaid, Medicare more
States Struggle With Budget Cuts, Increased Medicaid Pressure more
Medicare Fraud Round-Up: N.D. Beneficiaries Getting Illegal Phone Calls, Doctor Indicted In Ohio more
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Safety and Clinical Trials
Heart Patients Warned Against Using Meridia, an Anti-Obesity Drug more
Studies Link Rare Ailment to Pain Pumps more
FDA Petitioned To Remove Fibromyalgia Drug more
A Database of Side Effects more
More States Took in Expired Meds in 2009
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Essay Contest
Essay Contest: Health Care Challenges in 2015
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