Archive for November, 2008
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Sunday, November 30th, 2008Free drug samples … aren’t
Source: The Sacramento Bee
“This isn’t the way my old doctor treated me,” Kevin said as he stood at the nursing station. “He always gave me free samples of my medicine.”
Kevin, who has emphysema, high blood pressure and mild heart disease, estimates he spends about $180 a month on medicines. He isn’t […]
Big Pharma Faces a Crackdown in Europe
Saturday, November 29th, 2008Big Pharma Faces a Crackdown in Europe
Source: Time
The pharmaceutical industry is one of the few sectors around that appears to be weathering these difficult times with relative ease. On Friday the European Commission suggested why that might be: it claims Big Pharma systematically rigged the market to squeeze out copycat medicines.
By using patent lawsuits […]
5 Ways to Party Without Aggravating the Symptoms of GERD
Friday, November 28th, 20085 Ways to Party Without Aggravating the Symptoms of GERD
Source: FoxNews
Parties. For many, they’re the highlight of the holiday season.
But parties also mess with our diets and our sleep. Eating heavy meals, drinking coffee and alcohol, and partying into the wee hours of the night may aggravate the symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease, including acid […]
EU says drugmakers blocked cheaper medicines
Friday, November 28th, 2008EU says drugmakers blocked cheaper medicines
Source: Associated Press
European patients had to pay some euro3 billion ($3.87 billion) more for medicines in 2000-2007 because pharmaceutical companies deliberately stalled the sale of cheaper generic versions, EU antitrust regulators said Friday.
An investigation of major pharmaceutical companies — including Pfizer Inc., GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Aventis — showed they had […]
WHEN IS THE LOWEST COST PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN NOT THE LOWEST COST PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN?
Thursday, November 27th, 2008WHEN IS THE LOWEST COST PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN NOT THE LOWEST COST PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN?
Medicare Advocacy Org/Thanksgiving Day, 2008icareadvocacy.org
The Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) for Part C and Part D plans, which began on November 15, is the time of the year when all Medicare beneficiaries may change how they receive their prescription drug and […]
