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Bad medicine | Monitoring programs target substandard drugs
By Kerry Grens | May 17, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Patrick Lukulay faced a daunting task this month when he stepped off a plane in Accra, Ghana. Local clinics were reporting that oxytocin, a drug used to stop hemorrhaging after childbirth, was no longer working.
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Pills tracked from doctor to patient to aid drug marketing
By New York Times | May 16, 2013
In the old days, sales representatives from drug companies would chat up local pharmacists to learn what drugs doctors were prescribing. Now such shoulder-rubbing is becoming a quaint memory—thanks to vast databases of patient and doctor information being used by pharmaceutical companies to...
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FDA approves radiation-based prostate cancer drug
By Associated Press | May 15, 2013
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new injectable drug that uses radiation to treat advanced prostate cancer that has spread to the bones.
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IT Everything: Health IT Blog – Why is 'snitched' data more satisfying?
By Joseph Conn | May 14, 2013
It's been said, “There's no melon like a snitched melon.”Is there something about sneaking into someone else's patch and purloining a plump one that makes it taste sweeter?
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Huge drug cost disparities foreseen under reform
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press | May 13, 2013
Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under President Barack Obama's healthcare law, industry analysts and advocates warn. Where you live could make a huge difference in what you'll pay.
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Dangers found in lack of safety oversight for Medicare drug benefit
By Washington Post | May 11, 2013
An analysis of four years of Medicare prescription records shows that some doctors and other health professionals across the country prescribe large quantities of drugs that are potentially harmful.
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Actavis, Warner Chilcott discussing combination
By Marley Seaman / Associated Press | May 11, 2013
Drugmakers Actavis Inc. and Warner Chilcott PLC said Friday that they in early talks about a possible combination of the two companies. Both say there is no agreement on a deal yet.
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At odds over privacy | Rx industry pushes back against refill reminder rule
By Joseph Conn | May 11, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
A showdown is shaping up between federal healthcare privacy regulators and the nation's largest pharmacies and pharmaceutical manufacturers over a healthcare privacy rule affecting upwards of 100 million prescription-refill reminders sent to patients each year.
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$510M overspent on dialysis drugs: OIG | CMS plans to adjust payment schedule to reflect current treatment practices.
By Jaimy Lee | May 10, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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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Judge denies FDA bid to stay 'morning-after' pill ruling
By Reuters | May 10, 2013
A federal judge in New York on Friday declined to temporarily halt a court order directing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to make emergency contraception available over the counter to girls of all ages.
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