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June 9, 2010
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NLARx News
News from the States
NLARx Summer Meeting
Other Conferences
Outrage of the Week
Pharmaceutical Pricing
Health Reform
Conflicts of Interest
Advertising & Marketing
Pharma Watch
PBM Watch
Patents & Generics
Medicare & Medicaid
Safety & Clinical Trials
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NLARx Signs on to Statement Advocating Public Health Groups Participation in Industry Trade Advisory Committee more
News from the States
California: Poll Says More Than Half Of Californians Support Health Overhaul more
Olive View-UCLA Staffers Allegedly Accepted Gifts from Nursing Home Employees more
Colorado: New hospice, end-of-life laws put Colorado at forefront of care more
Iowa: Braley: Iowa Hospitals will Gain Millions from New Plan more
Kansas: Health Care Reform will be Good and Bad for Kansas, State Agency Says more
Maine: Drug Collection Events Aim to Keep Unused Prescriptions out of Wrong Hands more
Massachusetts: Senate Says No, Barely, to Pharma-Backed Dinner for Doctors more
Mississippi: The Mississipi Delta's healthcare blues more
Montana: Drug Dropoff Program Held Across Montana on Saturday more
New Jersey: Don't Balance Budget on the Backs of the Needy more
Pennsylvania: Pa. Submits Plan For High-risk Health Insurance Pool more
Vermont: Vermont Regulator Demands $3 Million Payback From Insurer more
West Virginia: Website Warns West Virginians about Sharing Prescription Drugs more
Wisconsin: Reigning in the Cost of Prescription Drugs more
NLARx Summer Meeting August 18th in Portland, Maine
Portland PierRegister now for our next meeting: We are meeting on the final day of the CSG Eastern Regional Conference (scheduled for August 15-18) in beautiful Portland Maine.  Learn the latest on what states are doing to lower drug costs and implement federal health reform including changes to Medicaid rebates and the Sunshine Act. Registration and meeting details: more
Other Upcoming Conferences
14th Annual 340B Coalition Conference July 19-21, Washington DC.  For more details and to register: more
Prescription for Conflict: Should Industry Fund Continuing Medical Education? Presented by PharmedOut, June 25, Washington DC.  For more details and to register: more
Outrage of the Week - J&J Recall Continued
Are the J&J Recalls the Tip of the Iceberg?  more
Johnson and Johnson's Alleged Phantom Recall of Improperly Manufactured Motrin Could Destroy Decades of Good Will more
J&J Gets Grilled: FDA Weighs Criminal Penalties Over Manufacturing more
Another FDA Warning Letter For A J&J Unit more
Pharmaceutical Pricing
UN Report Slams Colombia Trade Deal Over Meds more
WellPoint Guidelines May Bolster Federal 'Comparative Effectiveness' Investments more
Pharmaceuticals & Health Reform
Drug Makers Push For More Time To Pay Half-Off Discount On Drugs more
Rep. Dingell Opposes Proposal For Drug Reimportation more
States To Curb Retiree Benefits In Search Of Savings more
Insurance Industry Faces Tough Scrutiny From New HHS Watchdogs more
$5 Billion In Federal Funding For High-Risk Pools May Not Be Enough more
Conflict of Interest, CME, and Academic Detailing
Medtronic Details $15.7 Million Paid to Doctors more
A Program To Educate Docs About Rx Promotion more
FDA Guidance For Disqualifying Trial Investigators more
Advertising and Marketing
OMG! Do I Have ED or "Low T?" Or Both?! Pharma "Symptom Quizzes" Are NOT in the Best Interest of Patient Health! more
Marketing execs find fault with FDA's 'Bad Ad' program more
Pharma Watch
Biotech Exec Charged By SEC For Lying About Data more
Roche Sued For Placing HIV Patient Pix On The Web more
SCOTUS Seeks Administration's Views on Reglan Case more
Wyeth Marketing Targeted Blacks Illegally: Lawsuit more
Sleepwalking: Cephalon Takes A Hit On Nuvigil more
Medtronic Spent $1.07 Million In First-Quarter Lobbying more
Pfizer Hires GM Lobbyist For Its DC Office more
PBM Watch
CVS Cites Drug-Price Error more
Medco Digs Deeper Into Diagnostics for Drugs more
PBM Group Spent $676,558 on Lobbying in First Quarter more
Walgreens Pulls Support From CVS Caremark PBM more
Patents and Generics
Patent Ownership And Federally Funded Research more
Generic Drugmakers Lose Preemption Argument more
Pro-Consumer Decision by Second Circuit Signals Shift on Pay-for-Delay Settlements more
Judge Won't Toss Suit Over Wellbutrin Generics more
Teva Plans Biosimilar Version Of Roche's Rituxan more
Medicare and Medicaid
States Face Budget Scramble As Chances For Federal Medicaid Assistance Extension Get Slim more
Tobacco Loophole in Child Health Law Costs $250M more
Counselor Pleads Guilty to $1M Medicare Fraud more
Rick Scott Launches Campaign to Deflect HCA Fraud Attack Ads more
Text Of Brochure Mailed To Medicare Beneficiaries more
States Examine Costs Of Health Law's Medicaid Expansion Detailed In New Report more
Safety and Clinical Trials
Asthma Drugs, Patient Safety And An FDA Order more
More on Trial Registries: Any Impact on Journal Publication? more
Novartis Sanctioned For Withholding Info From Trial more
Safety Rules Lag In Biotech Industry more
Bioethics Expert To FDA: Scrap Glaxo's Avandia Trial more
Should Glaxo Test Paxil On Children? more
Americans Are Mixed On FDA Approval Process more
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