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The CMS and Medicare beneficiaries could have saved an estimated $510 million on drugs used to treat end-stage renal disease in 2011 if the reimbursement rate more accurately reflected current usage of these drugs, according to a report from HHS' inspector general's office.
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Persistent drug shortages have led healthcare providers, pharmacists and others to debate the role of compounding pharmacies as alternative sources of drugs in short supply.
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A lot can change in a year. Last March, Walgreen Co. was simply a domestic drugstore chain. Today, the Deerfield, Ill.-based company is part of an international juggernaut through a partnership with Europe's leading pharmacy chain Alliance Boots GmbH and, with a new 10-year deal with drug...
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The Food and Drug Administration plans to loosen the rules for approving new treatments for Alzheimer's disease.
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About 80 million Americans suffer from heart disease, the nation's No. 1 killer, and most are on multiple drugs. Some cardiologists think prescribing has gotten out of hand.
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A federal judge has approved a permanent injunction restricting a generic drug company from manufacturing and distributing certain drugs until it complies with the law, the Justice Department said Thursday.
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For-profit providers face the greatest risk from slashed spending and tax hikes known as the fiscal cliff, one major credit rating agency said in a newly released outlook for the healthcare industry.
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The European financial crisis is creating a tug-of-war between the pharmaceutical industry and governments as austerity measures clamp down on reimbursements, especially for new drugs.
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Canada's Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the patent on global pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer's Viagra erectile dysfunction drug and opened the door to generic competition.
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House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders on Tuesday subpoenaed the co-owner of the compounding center connected to a deadly meningitis outbreak to testify next week.
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