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NewsCT sues McKesson for allegedly inflating drug prices
The Connecticut attorney general's office is suing pharmaceutical distributor McKesson Corp., contending that it's been illegally inflating the average wholesale price of more than 400 brand-name... Read more...
Senators plan bill countering pharma detailing tactics
Across the country, on an ad-hoc basis, isolated programs already have sprung up to counter tactics used by pharma sales reps to sell drugs. Now, Senators are considering a bill that would offer... Read more...
Trend: States try to counter pharma drug marketing
As we reported last year, a small but growing number of advocates have begun working to provide their own brand of drug education to doctors--without the sales message that pharmaceutical companies... Read more...
Study: Math mistakes can cause big med problems
A new study underscores that simple math errors by physicians can prove deadly when it comes to medications. In the study, which appeared in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers asked... Read more...
DC passes pharma rep licensing rule
Though it backed out of plans for prescription-data-mining limits which have been struck down in New Hampshire and Maine, DC has passed what may be the country's first rules requiring the licensing... Read more...
Study: Antipsychotics don't manage aggressive outbursts
In a finding that would potentially mount a challenge to, among other treatments, the widespread practice of sedating agitated nursing home patients with antipsychotics, a new study suggests that... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Treating children with pneumonia at home
Particularly for worried moms, this may seem counterintuitive, but a new study suggests that children with severe pneumonia can be treated just as effectively at home as they can be in a hospital.... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: More debate over nursing home antipsychotic use
As we've discussed here previously, there's a hot debate going on over the use of antipsychotic medications in nursing homes to calm down agitated dementia patients. That's spurred, in part, because... Read more...
Amgen spending millions to fight CMS anemia drug limits
Hoping to get CMS to change its mind on new anemia drug reimbursement limits, Amgen is spending millions lobbying on Capitol Hill to gin up sentiment for an override. During the first six months of... Read more...
House bill would reverse Medicare anemia drug limits
Of late, anemia drug administration has become a hot potato, particularly when Medicare announced that
| Press ReleasesPress Release: Study Finds Most Americans Would Prefer to Receive Medications from MDs ST. LOUIS , Mo . – August 20, 2007 Three out of four Americans would have their prescription filled in their doctor’s office instead of a pharmacy if given the choice, a new study finds, Read more >> |
