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- Rx reimportation falls out of favor; Canadian drugs no longer seen as panacea for cost problems.(Medicare Part D prescription drug )
- Byline: GLORIA GONZALEZ As recently as a year ago, the reimportation of prescription drugs from Canada and other countries was being hailed as an effective way to circumvent the high cost of medications in the United States. Not anymore. ...
- Research articles 2006-09-04
- Statement by Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Chairman and President, The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University and Former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, on the Death of Heath Ledger of an Accidental Overdose of
- The following is a statement by Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Chairman and President of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University: "The tragic death of Heath Ledger as a result of the abuse of controlled prescription drugs is sadly a story too familiar to many American...
- Research articles 2008-02-06
- States strike back on drug imports; Illinois, Vermont challenge FDA.(News)
- Byline: GLORIA GONZALEZ States' efforts to begin prescription drug reimportation plans were ratcheted up last week when Illinois announced plans to reimport drugs from several countries and Vermont began a legal challenge to the Food and Drug Admi Byline: GLORIA GONZALEZ ...
- Research articles 2004-08-23
- Resolve to bar Canadian meds dwindles; Pending Senate bill would permit importation of prescription drugs.(News)
- Byline: JOANNE WOJCIK PITTSFIELD, Mass.-Another Massachusetts city may try to reduce its prescription drug-related benefits costs by allowing plan participants to buy prescriptions from Canada. The city of Pittsfield is "looking into the po Byline: JOANNE WOJCIK PITTSFIELD,...
- Research articles 2003-09-01
- Drug import debate intensifies; FDA, drug makers fight efforts to ease access to lower-cost drugs.(News)
- Byline: JOANNE WOJCIK Employers are guardedly watching efforts by state and local governments to import prescription drugs from Canada that, because of government price controls, cost significantly less than those sold in the United States. But Byline: JOANNE WOJCIK ...
- Research articles 2003-11-10
- Five new prescription drugs are nearing approval from the FDA.(HEALTH)
- Five new prescription drugs are nearing approval from the FDA. All are potential blockbusters, helping drug firms replace profits lost because of expired patents on Zocor, Ambien and other popular drugs. Five new prescription drugs are nearing approval from the FDA. All are potential...
- Research articles 2007-05-04
- Soaring Rx Prices Have Voters Concerned; AARP Studies Drive Home Need for Rx Affordability Laws
- ALBANY, N.Y., Sept. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- For the majority of baby boomers and older Americans, paying for prescription drugs is a problem and they plan on taking that message to the polls this November. Coinciding with the release of the AARP Rx WatchdogALBANY, N.Y., Sept. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ --...
- Research articles 2006-09-20
- Congress Plans to Introduce a New Rx Drug Import Law.(Brief Article)
- REP. BERNIE SANDERS (I-Vt.) says he plans to introduce "airtight" legislation this year to allow the importation of cheaper prescription drugs from Canada and other foreign countries. Rep. Sanders expressed "disappointment but n REP. BERNIE SANDERS (I-Vt.) says he...
- Research articles 2001-01-15
- Slow going for Rx drugs.(prescription drugs)(Brief Article)
- It's going to start taking longer to push new prescription drugs through the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA won't make formal changes to its approval process, but in the aftermath of the successful lawsuit against Merck over ... It's going to start taking...
- Research articles 2005-08-26
- Towers Perrin warns employers to avoid short-term Rx solutions. (Focus Health Care).(Brief Article)
- Prescription drugs were once considered a small piece of overall health care costs -- not any more. With annual increases ranging between 10 percent and 20 percent over the past few years, prescription drugs are now viewed as a major contributing fac Prescription drugs were once...
- Research articles 2002-06-10
- Consumers Union Begins Free Distribution of Best Buy Drug Reports to Seniors, Uninsured to Help Them Lower Medical Costs
- ATLANTA, March 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Atlanta area residents will be the first to participate in a nationwide outreach effort by Consumers Union to put easy-to-understand information about the effectiveness, safety and price of prescription drugs in the hanATLANTA, March 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Atlanta area residents will be the...
- Research articles 2005-03-09
- HHS Gives Seal of Approval to Medicare Drug Discount Cards; Program to Include Web Site Where Seniors Can Compare Drug Prices
- WASHINGTON, March 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced the approval of 28 private sponsors to provide seniors and people with disabilities savings on their prescription drugs, beginning June 1. With the new cards, MedicareWASHINGTON, March 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today...
- Research articles 2004-03-25
- Suit seeks drug reimportation; Lawsuit targets prescription drug laws.(News)(Brief Article)
- Byline: GLORIA GONZALEZ WASHINGTON-A Chicago couple has filed suit-with the encouragement of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's office-in a bid to force the Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration to allow the rei Byline: GLORIA GONZALEZ ...
- Research articles 2004-03-01
- Public Interest Groups Urge Congress to Extend Medicare Part D Enrollment Deadline
- WASHINGTON, April 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- With millions of Americans set to miss the May 15 cut-off date to sign up for Medicare's complicated new prescription drug program, dozens of organizations representing millions of members are calling on Congress toWASHINGTON, April 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- With millions of Americans set...
- Research articles 2006-04-19
- Illinois governor pushing forward on Canadian drug plan.
- Byline: JOANNE WOJCIK CHICAGO-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is undaunted by federal authorities' rejection of his request for a pilot program that would allow his state to buy prescription drugs from Canada. In addition, Gov. Blagojevich announc Byline: JOANNE WOJCIK ...
- Research articles 2004-01-05
- No Rx cure.(U.S. House of Representatives wants to suppress direct-to-consumer ads for prescription drugs)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
- Advertising industry organizations in Washington are right to be alarmed-and angry-about ideas circulating in the U.S. House of Representatives this summer for suppressing direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs. Advertising industry organizations in Washington are right to be alarmed-and angry-about ideas circulating in the...
- Research articles 2001-09-03
- U.S. Senate Committee Debates Drug Reimportation; California Proposals Provide Effective Alternative
- SAN FRANCISCO, May 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The debate over prescription drug reimportation took center stage today in the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions when Senators weighed several competing proposals to reimport cheaper SAN FRANCISCO, May 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The debate over prescription drug reimportation...
- Research articles 2004-05-20
- To regulate new drug ads, combine oversight with education.(Opinion)
- Byline: Tony Zook Tony Zook is president and CEO of AstraZeneca L.P. U.S. The American Medical Assn. AMA house of delegates' recent call for more patient-focused regulation of prescription drug advertising has an unlikely ally: a major pharmac Byline: Tony Zook...
- Research articles 2006-07-31
- Lawmakers Mull Measures to Ease Imports of Prescription Drugs.(Brief Article)
- LAWMAKERS IN both chambers of Congress are still trying to reconcile language in a long-stalled spending bill that would allow the importation of lower-priced FDA-approved prescription drugs from Canada, Mexico and other countries, congressional so LAWMAKERS IN both chambers of Congress are still trying...
- Research articles 2000-09-25
- AARP Pushes for Rx Affordability Legislation at 'Day of Action' at Capital
- ALBANY, N.Y., May 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, with only 15 days left to pass legislation, hundreds of AARP members flooded the Capitol urging their legislators to pass bills helping them with the high cost of prescription drugs. The AARP members heard fALBANY, N.Y., May 25 /U.S. Newswire/ --...
- Research articles 2005-05-25
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