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• India Orders Bayer to License a Patented Drug

  Tue, 13 Mar 2012

• New Report Finds Price Increases for Brand Name and Specialty Drugs More Than Offset Generic Drug Price Decreases

  Tue, 6 Mar 2012

• State court to examine ‘pay-for-delay’ deals by drugmakers

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• Health law delivers $2.1 billion in savings on drugs for seniors

  Fri, 3 Feb 2012

• The High Price of New Cancer Drugs

  Tue, 24 Jan 2012

• J. & J. to Pay $158 Million to End Suit Filed by Texas

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• U.S. to Force Drug Firms to Report Money Paid to Doctors

  Tue, 17 Jan 2012

• CVS Caremark Settles Charges Over Prescription Prices

  Thu, 12 Jan 2012

• Myth Versus Reality: Promoting A Pricey Gout Pill

  Fri, 6 Jan 2012

• Shortages of important drugs mean big problems for thousands of U.S. patients

  Thu, 5 Jan 2012

• Stopping the Stop Online Piracy Act

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• An MS Patient Loses Trust When She Finds Out Her Doctor Is Paid By Drug Companies

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• Dr. Kate Scannell: The high cost of our prescription drug shortage

  Sun, 11 Dec 2011

• Pfizer Pioneers New Ways to Frustrate Generics

  Mon, 5 Dec 2011

• Majority of Seniors Postpone Doctor Visits Due to Financial Concerns

  Wed, 30 Nov 2011

• Merck to pay $950 million to settle Vioxx investigation

  Wed, 23 Nov 2011

• Buying Prescription Drugs Online?

  Tue, 22 Nov 2011

• Those Prescription Drug Prices Keep On Rising

  Thu, 17 Nov 2011

• CBO Says Pay To Delay Bill Can Save $4.8 Billion

  Wed, 9 Nov 2011

• Is the Era of Off-Label Promotion Over?

  Mon, 7 Nov 2011

• Obama orders FDA to help ease drug shortages

  Mon, 31 Oct 2011

• Ending drug companies’ pay-for-delay deals

  Thu, 27 Oct 2011

• Why Do Americans Need Greater Access to Safe International Online Pharmacies?

  Thu, 20 Oct 2011

• Sen. Chuck Schumer seeks end to drugs' 'gray market'

  Tue, 11 Oct 2011

• Drugmakers Charged With Defrauding Medicaid

  Wed, 5 Oct 2011

• Google's Ad Freedom Wrongly Curtailed

  Wed, 28 Sep 2011

• Drug Spending Targeted in Obama's $320 Billion Health Cut

  Mon, 19 Sep 2011

• Lifesaving drugs 'out of reach' for many

  Tue, 13 Sep 2011

• Whistleblower lawsuit accuses generic drugmakers of scheme that overcharged Medicaid

  Wed, 7 Sep 2011

• Canadian Pharmacies React To US Gov't Taking $500 Million From Google Over Their Ads

  Thu, 1 Sep 2011

• F.T.C. Criticizes Agreements That Delay Generic Drugs

  Thu, 1 Sep 2011

• Cancer Drug Shortages Getting Worse, FDA Says

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• In donut hole, Medicare patients don't switch, they stop

  Fri, 19 Aug 2011

• Medicaid Pays Less Than Medicare for Many Prescription Drugs, U.S. Report Finds

  Wed, 17 Aug 2011

• J&J Makes Progress in Risperdal Probe

  Thu, 11 Aug 2011

• Senator Schumer’s Crackdown on Rogue Online Pharmacies: A Smart Approach

  Mon, 1 Aug 2011

• How to Cut Your Drug Costs

  Mon, 1 Aug 2011

• Drug Prices to Plummet in Wave of Expiring Patents

  Wed, 27 Jul 2011

• Obama Targets Drug Companies for Cuts in U.S. Debt Talks

  Tue, 19 Jul 2011

• Alabama cuts Medicaid drug costs by examining pharmacy receipts

  Thu, 14 Jul 2011

• Drug makers try to sidetrack demands for discounts

  Mon, 11 Jul 2011

• Harvard Punishes 3 Psychiatrists Over Undisclosed Industry Pay

  Tue, 5 Jul 2011

• A Congressional Bailout for a Pharma Firm?

  Wed, 29 Jun 2011

• House Republican signs on to Democrats' Medicare drug savings proposal

  Thu, 23 Jun 2011

• US Army Probes Pharma Payments To Military Docs

  Mon, 20 Jun 2011

• Bayer Off-Label Promotion Of Yasmin Birth Control Pill For Acne Caused Teenager’s Death: Lawsuit

  Sat, 18 Jun 2011

• Physicians need to radically rethink their prescribing practices, report says

  Fri, 17 Jun 2011

• U.S. Government Fed Up With Pharmaceutical Prices – FDA To The Rescue?

  Thu, 9 Jun 2011

• Following 12,400% Price Hike in Drug Used to Treat Gout, Brown Urges Company to Rethink Decision, Calls on CMS to Investigate Ramifications

  Tue, 7 Jun 2011

• Healthcare law to allow generic versions of biotech drugs

  Fri, 3 Jun 2011

• Senator Leahy Supports Bringing Drugs In From Canada... And Also Banning Such Sites From The Internet

  Wed, 25 May 2011

• 4 Pharma CEOs Admit They Jack Up Drug Prices for the Hell of It

  Wed, 18 May 2011

• Stop Price Increases for H.I.V. and AIDS Prescriptions

  Thu, 12 May 2011

• The war over Lipitor

  Tue, 10 May 2011

• Pay for Delay: U.S. Says Drugmakers Block Cheaper Generic Rivals

  Thu, 5 May 2011

• Ex-Governor Blagojevich, Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and the Lessons Learned by the I-Save Rx Personal Drug Importation Program

  Wed, 4 May 2011

• Generic Use Increase Means Spending Decrease for Consumers; But No U.S. Drug Price Relief on Brand Name Drugs in Sight

  Fri, 29 Apr 2011

• Hey, big spender. How much did you shell out for Rx drugs?

  Fri, 22 Apr 2011

• FDA/National Consumers League Program on Prescription Adherence Unlikely to Tackle The Real Problem of Drug Prices

  Mon, 18 Apr 2011

• Off-Label Marketing of Medicines in the US Is Rife but Difficult to Control, Study Finds

  Wed, 6 Apr 2011

• China Cuts Domestic Drug Prices by 21% on Average; Could This Cause Higher Prices in the U.S.?

  Mon, 4 Apr 2011

• Fewer fill 'dispense as written' prescriptions - study

  Tue, 29 Mar 2011

• 80% Savings Found Purchasing Brand Name Drugs Online from International Pharmacies, According to PharmacyChecker.com

  Thu, 24 Mar 2011

• U.S. drug prices outstrip other medical costs: GAO

  Tue, 15 Mar 2011

• U.S. Brand-Name Drug Prices Dramatically Increased in 2010, According to New Report

  Fri, 11 Mar 2011

• Demythologizing the High Costs of Developing New Drugs

  Tue, 1 Mar 2011

• Stroke medicines still unaffordable for some survivors, according to University of Michigan research

  Thu, 24 Feb 2011

• Senators Stabenow, Snowe Introduce Legislation to Lower Prescription Drug Prices

  Wed, 23 Feb 2011

• Better Drug Ads, Fewer Side Effects

  Fri, 11 Feb 2011

• How the war on fake drugs risks harming the poor

  Thu, 10 Feb 2011

• Whistle-blower Ven-A-Care wins in Texas case against drug company

  Wed, 2 Feb 2011

• Franken makes play for Medicare drug price negotiations

  Thu, 27 Jan 2011

• Blowing the whistle on drug firms

  Wed, 26 Jan 2011

• Time for real, not symbolic, reform on Medicare Part D

  Mon, 24 Jan 2011

• Congressman Ron Paul Introduces Bill to Legalize Drug Re-Importation Through Online Pharmacies

  Wed, 19 Jan 2011

• Health Advocacy Groups Take Drug Company Cash--Often Without Full Disclosures, Report Says

  Fri, 14 Jan 2011

• States Ask Supreme Court To Review Pay-To-Delay

  Thu, 13 Jan 2011

• U.S. Backs Drug Firms in Lawsuit Over Prices

  Thu, 13 Jan 2011

• CMS: Healthcare spending increased to $2.5 trillion in 2009

  Wed, 12 Jan 2011

• Pharmaceutical industry on verge of major Hill victory

  Wed, 29 Dec 2010

• Drug Makers New Targets for U.S. Fraud Inquiries, Report Says

  Mon, 20 Dec 2010

• Online Pharmacies, the Obama Administration and Public Health

  Tue, 14 Dec 2010

• More Balk at Cost of Prescriptions

  Tue, 7 Dec 2010

• PhRMA quietly spends big in 2010

  Thu, 11 Nov 2010

• Resignation of top Pharma lobbyist reveals deep corruption of health care reform process

  Mon, 24 May 2010

• Limited Personal Importation by the Uninsured Makes Sense

  Mon, 24 May 2010

• U.S. senate votes to maintain big pharma's monopoly by blocking competitive imports

  Mon, 24 May 2010

• Why are prescription drugs so expensive here?

  Wed, 12 May 2010

• What you need to know if you're considering buying meds online

  Tue, 4 May 2010

• It's illegal, but desperate Americans are buying drugs online from Canada

  Tue, 4 May 2010

• Drug Prices Rose 9.1% Last Year, Ahead of Federal Health Overhaul

  Thu, 22 Apr 2010

• Proposal would allow drugs from Canada to be sold in N.D., Montana

  Wed, 21 Apr 2010

• US Senator calls on six drug majors to explain international price disparities

  Thu, 8 Apr 2010

• CIPA Named Google's Canadian Online Pharmacy Verifier

  Thu, 8 Apr 2010

• Governor Schweitzer Asks for Waiver to Allow Drug Imports from Canada

  Thu, 8 Apr 2010

• Counterfeit Drugs and Internet Smarts

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• Big Pharma Wins Big

  Wed, 31 Mar 2010

• Schweitzer says Canadian drugs still needed after reform

  Wed, 31 Mar 2010

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