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August 9, 2010
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NLARx Summer Meeting
News from the States
Outrage of the Week
Conflicts of Interest
Advertising & Marketing
Pharma Watch
PBM Watch
Patents & Generics
Medicare & Medicaid
Safety & Clinical Trials
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This Friday is the Deadline to Register for the NLARx Summer Meeting on August 18.
Portland PierWhere is the summer going? Its time to register for our August 18 meeting in Portland, Maine. We have experts lined up to give you the inside scoop on how to deal with Medicaid rebate changes in the Affordable Care Act, changing Medicare Part B & D prescription drug benefits, and the role of the States after passage of the Sunshine Act provisions. Registration and meeting details: more
News from the States
Massachusetts: Massachusetts Gift Ban For Doctors Remains Intact more
Massachusetts Gift Ban Won't Be Repealed more
Maine: First Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Maine Law Limiting the Sale of Prescriber Data for Marketing Purposes more
Minnesota:
U Overhauls Health Center Ethics Rules more
New Jersey:
N.J. Says AIDS Patients Won't Lose Coverage more
Pennsylvania:
PA Consumers Have Another Way To Sue Pharma more
Washington:
Move to Restrict Pain Killers Puts Onus on Doctors more
Outrage of the Week
Recession Causing Cancer Patients to Quit Life-Extending Drugs more
Conflict of Interest, CME, and Academic Detailing
Transparent, See? more
Transparent, See: The Sequel more
Industry Funded Clinical Trials & Biased Publication more
GSK Apologizes Over Medical Journal Snafu more
Advertising and Marketing
Bonuses For GSK Pharma Sales Reps Won't Be Tied to Sales more
Implications of FDA's Warning Letter to Novartis Regarding Facebook Share Widget more
Pharma Watch
Prescribing a "Drugectomy" - Dr John Sloan more
Former Amgen Reps Say Arbitration Hides Misdeeds more
Feds Probe Payments In Overseas Drug Trials more
AstraZeneca Settles Two-Thirds of Seroquel Lawsuits more
Merck Pays Settlements in 3,468 Vioxx Cases more
PBM Watch
CVS-Aetna Deal Boosts The Drug Store Chain more
Analysts Question Aetna on CVS Caremark Deal more
Patents and Generics
US Trade Policy & Human Rights: Flynn Explains more
Thailand Extends Compulsory Licenses On AIDS Meds more
Patients Want Patent Broken on Genzyme Drug more
Generic Lovenox & An FDA Precedent: Pan Explains more
Sanofi-Aventis Sues The FDA Over Generic Lovenox more
US Pharma Fury Over New Moves to Ban Pay-for-Delay Deals more
Medicare and Medicaid
House Members Returning For Vote On Extra Medicaid Help more
Obama Administration Begins Enrollment Into Drug Discount Program more
Medicare Part D Helps Heart-Failure Patients: Study more
Overspending on Multisource Drugs in Medicaid more
Safety and Clinical Trials
Institute for Safe Medication Practices: Drug Shortages 'Unprecedented' more
Unsafe Drugs: Is It Counterfeiters or the Supply Chain That's the Problem? more
A Reckoning for REMS: FDA's Risk Program in the Spotlight more
Publish Data on Drug Trials - Even When it's Not Flattering more
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