National Association Of Chain Drug Stores Pushing For Separate Food, Drug Regulations The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has begun lobbying House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders' staff in opposition to stricter track-and-trace rules in the wake of the recent salmonella outbreak, CongressDaily reports. Committee Chair John Dingell (D-Mich.) recently released a revised version of the drug portion of an
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDrug Companies 'Quietly' Increasing Prices Of Some Medications By 100% Or More, USA Today Reports Drug makers increased the average wholesale price of 26 brand-name
drugs by 100% or more in a single cost adjustment last year, compared with comparable price increases for 15
drugs in 2004, according to University of Minnesota researchers, USA Today reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comGTCbio Announces Largest Annual Conference - The 4th Modern Drug Discovery & Development Summit - Oct 15-17, 2008, San Diego GTCbio just announced the scheduling of one of the largest industry conferences taking place on October 15-17, 2008 in San Diego, CA. The 4th Modern Drug Discovery & Development features six full conferences, three symposia, six stand-alone sessions, and a plenary keynote session presenting some of the leaders in the field.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comRoche's XCELLigence System Designed To Reduce Animal Testing In Pharmaceutical Development BOTOX® is an important
medicine that over the last 15 years of clinical use has helped millions of patients with serious medical conditions worldwide. Pharmaceutical manufacturers using Clostridium botulinum toxin (BOTOX®) in
drugs are required by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States and by other worldwide
health regulatory agencies to protect patients and consumers by assuring product safety and efficacy through animal testing and other methods.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comKucinich Introduces Legislation That Seeks To Lower Prescription Drug Costs By Replacing Medicare Part D Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) recently introduced a bill (HR 6800) that would replace the Medicare
prescription drug benefit with a new program in an effort to reduce costs, CQ
HealthBeat reports.
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