Topic: Prescription Drugs
consumeraffairs.com | 2009-12-18 07:05:13
<div id="subtitle">Firm accused of cheating state health system</div><div><p> Drug giant Schering-Plough Corporation, accused by the state of California of deliberately inflating the price of Albuterol and other drugs, will pay $21.3 to settle the state's lawsuit.</p><p>Albuterol is a ...
AP News | 2009-12-16 21:18:35
<div id="subtitle">Senators believe drugmakers will contribute more money to close Medicare coverage gap</div><div><p>Democratic senators said Wednesday they've been told the pharmaceutical industry will contribute billions of dollars more than it has previously promised for President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, with the money being ...
AP News | 2009-12-15 23:33:17
<div id="subtitle">Pharmaceutical industry and allies prevail against Senate plan to allow low-cost drug imports</div><div><p>The Senate rejected a plan Tuesday to allow Americans to import low-cost prescriptions from abroad, handing drug makers a victory that may help secure passage of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-12-08 19:54:28
<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pharmaceutical companies defended themselves on Tuesday against complaints about rising medicine prices that could reestablish the drug industry as a political target in the U.S. health reform debate.</p><p>An early deal with some Senate Democrats and the White House largely shielded the $315 billion industry ...
