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Upcoming Events featuring
National CooperativeRx
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Mid-Sized Retirement & Healthcare Plan Management Conference
September 9-12, 2012
Las Vegas, NV
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RASHRM Annual Conference
October 16, 2012
Rockford, IL
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National CooperativeRx is a not-for-profit coalition founded and owned by plan sponsors to achieve higher value prescription benefits through volume purchasing, clinical solutions, actionable data and unparalleled customer service. For your sales and marketing needs, please contact us at 866-679-9479, extension 223
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Mid-Sized Retirement & Healthcare
Plan Management Conference
September 9-12, 2012 - Las Vegas, NV
Will you be in Vegas this weekend for the Healthcare Conference? If so, stop by our booth to meet our new National Sales Manager, Mike Sugden!
Also in Vegas will be Wayne Salverda, our Senior Director of Clinical Services. Wayne will be presenting "Collective PBM Purchasing Power: A Case Study" along with Jim Malicki from the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (WAICU).
Collective PBM Purchasing Power: A Case Study
September 11, 11:00-12:00
For more information, click here.
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US News. New research demonstrates that the anticancer drug Herceptin may increase a woman's risk of heart failure and cardiomyopathy. While it was already known that the drug may result in long-term cardiac problems, this study shows that the risk is higher than previously thought. (8/30) Full story
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The Daily Mail. In lighter news, this author has pulled together drug advertisements from the late eighteen hundreds. With drawings of young children and promising cures for ailments, the ingredients in the drugs range from cocaine to alcohol and morphine. The old time advertisements are a great reminder of the benefit of the FDA and pharmaceutical marketing regulations. (McQueeney, 9/4) Full story
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The New York Times. The FDA has approved Xtandi, created by Medivation, as a life-prolonging drug for people with late stage prostate cancer. In trials, men taking the drug lived an average of 5 months longer than men taking a placebo. (Pollack, 8/31) Full Story
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Fox News. Bosulif, a drug from Pfizer, was also recently approved by the FDA. Bosulif was designed to treat chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). The drug was given orphan status because the disease affects fewer than 200,000 people in the US. (9/5) Full Story
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YouTube. The Democratic and Republican National Conventions have both come to a close, and the future of the Health Care Law has remained a hot topic as expected. The man who is elected as our country's president this fall will determine that future. If you missed either President Barack Obama or Mitt Romney delivering their acceptance speeches, you can find a link to them below.
Republican Nominee: Mitt Romney Full Speech
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