Drugs – Page 29 – Healthy Skeptic

May 21 2010

Drug Price Increases

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AARP publishes one of its regular updates on drug price increases, this one examining changes in pricing for brand name, generic and specialty drugs commonly used by Medicare beneficiaries in…

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May 20 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Spending on drugs for kids rose 10.8% last year, the most of any age group and nearly triple the 3.7% increase for the general population,

May 20 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The average manufacturer price increases for popular name brand and specialty prescription drugs used by Medicare beneficiaries rose faster than other consumer goods and services in the 12 months ending March 2010

May 14 2010

Bloomberg

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Medicine’s makers cut U.S. tax bills by a technique known as transfer pricing, a method that carves billions a year from the U.S. Treasury

May 11 2010

Using Technology to Limit Medication Mistakes

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Errors in medication are far more common than might be imagined and cause serious adverse events. A NEJM article reports on efforts to use technology to limit such errors in…

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May 08 2010

2010 Potpourri XVI

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No mother's day would be complete without some health care news to ruminate on. This week's include psychiatric drugs, the cost of the SGR fix, home health care costs, telemedicine…

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May 05 2010

iSoft

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A series of novel imaging agents could light up tumors as they begin to form – before they turn deadly – and signal their transition to aggressive cancers

May 03 2010

Washington Post

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State online drug database attempt to thwart addicts who bounce from doctor to doctor to feed a habit or make a small fortune peddling meds

Apr 30 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Provenge: It will be interesting to see what procedures they use to allocate the treatment. A lottery? First-come, first-served? Sickest patients first?

Apr 26 2010

Express Scripts

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Express Scripts: 2009 Drug Trend Report – Solving America’s $162 Billion in Pharmacy-Related Waste

Apr 21 2010

Wall Street Journal

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It’s all fine and good to target cancer drugs to the specific pathways responsible for the disease but the tests to determine who needs those drugs are not always accurate

Apr 21 2010

Wall Street Journal

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North Dakota Sen. Byron Dorgan and Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer are advocating a proposal to allow residents of the two states to buy less expensive prescription medicine from Canada

Apr 21 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Global pharmaceutical sales are expected to grow by an average of 5% to 8% annually over the next five years, with drugs to treat cancer, diabetes, multiple sclerosis and HIV

Apr 20 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Drug companies sharply raised prices last year, ahead of increased rebates they must pay to Medicaid and other expenses tied to the federal health overhaul passed last month.

Apr 20 2010

Bloomberg

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Drug sales may grow at least 5 percent worldwide in each year through 2014 as increasing demand in developing countries offsets price drops tied to generic competition

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