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- Clarcor: Filtering Our Filth
- Clarcor makes mobile, industrial, and environmental filtration systems to help companies clear the air in our dirty world. The pressure to be germ-free and green means Clarcor is cleaning up on the stock market.
- Videos 2008-03-31
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- Medicaid Cost Containment and Access to Prescription Drugs
- States have been intensifying their efforts to control rising prescription drug costs in their Medicaid programs. This study examines the effects of five Medicaid cost containment policies on enrollees' perceptions of their ability to get prescription drugs. The results show that enrollees in states that have implemented all or almost...
- White papers 2005-06-01
- Consumer Reports Medical Guide & Consumer Reports: Prescription Drugs -- Risks and Benefits
- NEW YORK, Dec. 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by Consumer Reports on their new medical guide and recent report on prescription drugs: --- CONSUMER REPORTS MEDICAL GUIDE HELPS CONSUMERS UNDERSTAND RISKS AND BENEFITS OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS: Understanding Trade- Offs Helps Consumers Protect Themselves, Make the Right...
- Research articles 2005-12-05
- Prescription Drugs: Preliminary Observations on Efforts to Enforce the Prohibitions on Personal Importation
- American consumers are increasingly drawn to the convenience, privacy, and cost advantages that might be accrued by purchasing prescription drugs over the Internet. The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP and the Department of Health and Human Service's Food and Drug Administration FDA are responsible for...
- White papers 2004-07-22
- Senate Hearings Focus on Access to Prescription Drugs; AARP Proposes Safe Reimportation, Bulk Purchasing Options
- Nationally, AARP has dedicated its efforts to help create access to safe and affordable prescription drugs. The recent passage of a new law adding a prescription drug benefit to Medicare was a significant move toward achieving this goal. AARP is also woNationally, AARP has dedicated its efforts to...
- Research articles 2004-02-05
- 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
- Michigan Blue Cross and Blue Shield Generics Program Recognized As Model For Keeping Prescription Drugs Safe And Affordable
- WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Harvard Medical School researchers have selected Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan's "Generic Drugs -- The Unadvertised Brand" as a model BlueWorks program for keeping prescription drugs safe and afforWASHINGTON, Jan. 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Harvard Medical School researchers have selected Blue Cross...
- Research articles 2005-01-31
- Prescription Drugs: Recent Trends in Utilization, Expenditures, and Coverage
- Prescription drug costs, which rose by 15.7 percent in 2001, are the fastest rising component of medical expenditures and accounted for 16.7 percent of the total increase in health care spending that year. Americans spent more than $140 billion on prescription drugs in 2001-or about 10 percent of the nation's...
- White papers 2004-01-01
- Prescription Drugs: State Monitoring Programs May Help to Reduce Illegal Diversion
- The increasing diversion of prescription drugs for illegal purposes or abuse is a disturbing trend in the nation's battle against drug abuse. Diversion can include such activities as prescription forgery and "doctor shopping" by individuals who visit numerous physicians to obtain multiple prescriptions. The paper examines how state monitoring programs...
- White papers 2004-03-04
- Reimportation: The Solution to the High Cost of Prescription Drugs?
- This paper is about a provision in the recently enacted Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 allowing the reimportation of prescription drugs from Canada under specified conditions. This paper will examine the existing laws prior to the passage of the act, what the new legislation entails, and...
- White papers 2004-04-01
- Hispanics and African Americans Among Those at Risk Due to High Cost of Prescription Drugs
- To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Drew Nannis or Nancy Wood of AARP, +1-202-434-2560 WASHINGTON, May 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The high costs of prescription drugs led many Hispanics and African Americans to take desperate measures, like delaying filling a prescription or skipping doses, according to a new AARP national study of adults 18+....
- Research articles 2007-05-24
- 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
- Prescription Drugs: Trends in Usual and Customary Prices for Drugs Frequently Used by Medicare and Non-Medicare Enrollees
- This document contains a report that provides information on trends in prices for prescription drugs frequently used by Medicare beneficiaries and other individual with health insurance. It obtains data from two state pharmaceutical assistance programs for the elderly on the usual and customary prices reported by retail pharmacies for selected...
- White papers 2004-10-06
- Pharmaceuticals: State Departments That Purchase Prescription Drugs Can Further Refine Their Cost Savings Strategies
- This report examines the purchasing strategies of the three primary departments that contract for prescription drugs- the Department of General Services General Services, the Department of Health Services Health Services, and the California Public Employees' Retirement System CalPERS. These departments procured more than $5 billion in prescription drugs during fiscal...
- White papers 2005-05-01
- Managing the Intricate Web of Prescription Drugs
- Prescription drug costs are the fastest rising component of health care and are contributing to the dramatic increase in health care costs. Emergence of generic drugs, employer recognition, and increased consumer knowledge are already forcing enormous change on the industry. This article explains the factors affecting the current financial pressure...
- White papers 2002-12-26
- With Enrollment Deadline Looming, AARP Steps Up Campaign to Reach Those Who Need Help Paying For Prescription Drugs
- WASHINGTON, March 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Until last month, 68- year- old Famie Mays had been struggling to afford prescription drugs during her retirement. The Dallas retiree didn't realize that she could save up to 75 percent of her costs with the MedicarWASHINGTON, March 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Until last...
- Research articles 2006-03-22
- HHS Approves Demonstration Projects In Minnesota, Georgia To Expand Safety-Net Patients' Access To Prescription Drugs
- WASHINGTON, April 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced the approval of innovative projects in Minnesota and Georgia designed to make prescription drugs less costly and more readily available to safety-net patients. The projWASHINGTON, April 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced...
- Research articles 2002-04-01
- Free prescription drugs boost usage, cut costs; Program targeting chronic conditions improves health.(News)
- Byline: JOANNE WOJCIK WASHINGTON-A major U.S. hospitality industry employer has found that giving free prescription drugs to certain employees who have chronic but manageable health conditions can save money as well as improve health care outcomes Byline: JOANNE WOJCIK WASHINGTON-A...
- Research articles 2007-03-26
- 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
- Survey of Seniors Explodes Myths on Health Care, Prescription Drugs; Members of Congress Ignore Survey Results at Their Own Risk
- FAIRFAX, Va., Sept. 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- United Seniors Association today released the results of its "National Survey of Senior Voters," which clearly shows that older Americans' views on prescription drugs and Medicare are not what many in CoFAIRFAX, Va., Sept. 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- United Seniors Association today released...
- Research articles 2002-09-25
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