Holiday Hours The National CooperativeRx office will be closed the following days,
allowing staff members to enjoy the holidays with their loved ones:
Mon. Dec. 23
Tues. Dec. 24
Mon. Dec. 31
Tues. Jan. 1
Wishing you a safe and happy holiday season,
Your PBM Cooperative
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Time. What diets were people searching the most via Google in 2012? If you guessed the Michael Phelps Diet and the Raspberry Ketone Diet, you'd have guessed 2 correctly. To see the other 8 most popular diets, click into the article. (12/12) Full story
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Houston Chronicle. The 2011 health care budget was $2.7T and the cost is rising. The authors of this article suggest that to reduce costs, Medicare should allow patients to self-inject more pharmaceutical drugs. As queasy as that may make some people, it also might work. (Kantarjian, Zwelling, 12/6) Full story
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Reuters. Sativex, a drug used to treat spasticity in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, has been approved by Germany and Spain. The British Medical Journal recently reported that there's not evidence to support its use. The drug is an extract spray of cannabis, and the drug's maker, GW Pharmaceuticals, is striking back by saying the publication was misleading. (Hirschler, 12/12) Full Story
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The Wall Street Journal. Is CVS Caremark going international? They are reportedly in advanced talks to acquire 80% of Brazil's drugstore chain Onofre, the Valor Economico newspaper stated last Friday (12/7) Full Story
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New York Times. The Supreme Court said last Friday that it would decide whether a pharmaceutical company should be allowed to pay a competitor millions of dollars to keep a generic copy of a best-selling drug off the market. The decision could effect the entire pharmaceutical industry. (Wyatt, 12/7) Full Story
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Reuters. Only 15 states have opted to develop and run their own health exchanges, with the majority of the states leaving it up to the federal government to create online marketplaces for them. (Morgan, 12/13) Full Story
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