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Court says deals to protect drug patents can be challenged
Jun 17, 2013
Makers of patented drugs sometimes pay generic drug makers not to copy their drugs when they go off patent, allowing them to keep charging high prices. The U.S. Supreme Court says the FTC can challenge such deals.
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How Medicare Part D changed the drug industry
May 22, 2013
The prescription drug plan has created millions of senior customers for the pharmaceutical industry over ten years.
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Map: You may be paying way more for birth control
May 3, 2013
It pays to shop around for prescription drugs.
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A warning about the price of generic drugs
Mar 8, 2013
Drug manufacturers can charge very different prices for essentially the same generic medicine.
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FDA urges drug companies to make a safer pain killer
Jan 29, 2013
With addiction to pain pills at epidemic levels, the Food and Drug Adminstration is taking action
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What's so bad about off-label uses of medication?
Jul 3, 2012
GlaxoSmithKline, the huge British drug-maker, will pay $3 billion in fines and compensation to the U.S. government and the states. They are in trouble for marketing drugs for off-label uses of its drugs.
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Major pain-advocacy group dissolves
May 9, 2012
The American Pain Foundation abruptly closes its doors on the heels of a government investigation into the epidemic of painkiller abuse.
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Major pharmacy chains expected to merge this week
Apr 2, 2012
Express Scripts is looking to close a deal to takeover Medco Health Solutions this week. The combined companies will handle the prescription drugs of 135 million Americans. What effect will that have on pharmacy drug prices?
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Plan B could go O.T.C.
Dec 7, 2011
Today, the FDA decides whether to sell the morning after pill over-the-counter. Over-the-counter drugs can often make drug makers a lot more money than prescriptions.
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Lipitor or Zyrtec? How a doctor's bad handwriting can change your prescription
May 12, 2011
How does a prescription for Lipitor turn into one for Zyrtec? Or the diabetes drug Avandia get mistaken for the potentially deadly blood thin...
