Topic: Prescription Drugs
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-01-12 16:09:58
<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prices for hundreds of brand-name drugs have soared since the beginning of the decade, especially those that treat depression, infections and heart disease, according to a U.S. government report on Monday.</p><p>The nonpartisan General Accountability Office said it found "extraordinary price increases" for 321 brand-name ...
AP Features | 2010-01-11 18:06:45
<div><p>Prices on a growing number of prescription medications have ballooned in recent years as consolidation in the drug industry leaves fewer companies manufacturing niche medications.</p><p>Congressional investigators say the number of extraordinary price hikes on drugs doubled between 2000 and 2008. The drugs affected are mostly specialty medications ...
AP News | 2010-01-08 12:49:19
<div id="subtitle">A 'twist' in law expands prescription drug benefit to 1 million more seniors</div><div><p>In case the prospect of nearly $4,000 in prescription assistance isn't enough to perk up low-income seniors, the government is using '60s singer Chubby Checker to publicize "the twist" in the ...
isnare | 2010-01-06 12:54:12
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