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DRUG PRICES

As the prices of prescription drugs skyrocket in oncology and other disease areas, there is a danger payers will scale back coverage of these life-saving products. How can society cope with these escalating drug costs? Where is this crisis headed, and what measures are drug companies, regulators and lawmakers willing or able to implement?

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Drug costs for seniors growingmore

By Julie Appleby, USA TODAY Elderly and disabled people in Medicare prescription drug plans with the largest...

Aging & Getter Older - Medicare Part D Coverage Will Cost More in ...more

AARP’s MedicareRx Preferred plan sponsored by United Health Group, Inc., and the largest of the Medicare Part D plans,...

PharmacyChecker.com Publishes 'Safe Strategies for Drug Savings' to He...more

Savings Over 70% Are Easily Found with Free, Online Resources - With one-quarter of Americans paying out-of-pocket to...

Elderly brace for more costly drug coverage in '09 more

Robert Clark describes himself as a bit of a tight wad. So he's a little perplexed about the news from his Medicare...

It's decision time: Here's help for seniors who need to pick a prescri...more

5 STEPS To enroll in Medicare Part D online starting Saturday 1. Start the computerized search Go to www.medicare. gov.

Elderly Brace For Jump In Drug Costsmore

pushing plan pricing up,' said Dan Mendelson, president of Avalere. 'Seniors are using more branded and generic drugs.

Biotech firms fear pricing pressure from Obamamore

Obama's victory, and the Democratic party's commanding control of Congress, are expected to put tough pressure on drug...

Supplier defends NHS drugs price in the U.K.more

Supplier defends NHS drugs price 3 days ago Drugs deemed too expensive to offer to patients on the NHS are fairly...

Premium increase for Medicare Part D drug plan startles seniorsmore

Ken Fitzpatrick and his wife, Lois, got a dose of sticker shock recently when they checked out next year;s premiums for...

Medco Health 3Q profit rises 38 pct, beats viewmore

Pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions Inc. said Wednesday its third-quarter profit rose 38 percent on...

Expect Changes in Drug Co-Pays for Medicare more

Millions of older Americans are bracing for big increases in their Medicare drug-plan premiums next year.

Patients Now Can Find the Lowest Cost Medicare Part D Prescription Pla...more

www.riteaid.com/medicareadvisor allows patients or their caregivers to get a detailed comparison of all available...

The way to fund NHS top-upsmore

Insurers are offering cover for the cost of drugs not available on the NHS, as the government announced last week that...

Pharma cos to gain from Obama winmore

platform that promised to fix the medicare prescription drug programme, giving priority to senior citizens by...

Ottawa alleges Toronto charity is running a tax-shelter schememore

by a company called World Health Initiatives Inc., profited because of the discrepancy between the international and...

Schering-Plough Loses Pricing Lawsuit In Missouri more

: The drugmaker agreed to settle by paying $31 million after losing jury trial in which its former Warrick...

CVS Slashes Generic Drug Pricesmore

, CVS (Action Alerts PLUS PICK) , WMT , MHS , ESRX , WAG OKLAHOMA CITY -- CVS-Caremark (CVS Quote - Cramer on CVS -...

John Dvorak's Second Opinion: How to Obama-proof your portfoliomore

That is a constant theme from the Obama camp. 'Non-U.S. health care: New, free medical-care program kill drug prices...

How to Obama-proof your portfoliomore

is a constant theme from the Obama camp.'Non-U.S. health care: New, free medical-care program will kill drug prices and...

Obama And The 'Drug Killer' more

One of the unpleasant things I do as a consultant is recommend that pharmaceutical firms halt the production of...

The Morning News: Business : Wal-Mart looks to expand direct-to-employ...more

Pharmacy benefit managers could soon find themselves contending with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to broker prescription drug...

CVS slashes generic drug costs, escalates price war more

Using the products as loss leaders, the drugstore giant will sell 90-day supplies of more than 400 medications for $9.

United Way offers new prescription drug cardmore

Relief from the high costs of prescription medication is now available to local residents through the cooperation of...

McCain, Obama agree it's time to get tough with drug industry | Daily ...more

WASHINGTON -- The presidential candidates may have very different overall proposals to changing the nation's health...

Pharma Sells the Ropemore

With a liberal supermajority in Washington increasingly possible, business is trying to buy up protection, in the hope...

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