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  • Consumer Ads Pump up Prescription Drug Costs 26 Nov 2009 04:32 GMT
    ... NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Medicaid pharmacy costs for the blood-thinning drug Plavix jumped ... current issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, Dr. Michael R. Law of the University ...

  • Free e-samples of prescription drugs: At what cost? 26 Nov 2009 02:50 GMT
    ... the University of Washington (UW) Department of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Boise, Idaho. The results were ... Dr. Eric B. Larson, director of Group Health Research Institute in Seattle and UW clinical ...

  • Patients may not benefit from e-samples of prescription drugs, says UW 26 Nov 2009 05:37 GMT
    ... the University of Washington (UW) Department of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Boise, Idaho. The results were ... Dr. Eric B. Larson, director of Group Health Research Institute in Seattle and UW clinical ...

  • US consumer ads 'led to higher drug prices' 26 Nov 2009 12:16 GMT
    ... Medicaid programmes an additional $207 million in pharmacy expenditures during 2001-2005, say researchers led by ... their findings in the Archives of Internal Medicine this week. The price of Plavix increased ... 27 state Medicaid programmes – the federal health insurance programme for those on low incomes ...

  • Will state join others in legalizing medical marijuana? 26 Nov 2009 13:14 GMT
    ... in legal fees. to legalize marijuana for medical purposes, Christine Harrington’s marijuana use and her ... could register with the state Department of Health Services for an identification card, which would ... says, “because I did go with mainstream medicine and it almost killed me.” The nationwide push ...

  • On health care, Dems say failure is not an option 26 Nov 2009 04:34 GMT
    ... Ky., center, shows copy of the Democratic health care reform bill during a news conference on ... as his opposition to a new government-run insurance plan. Another moderate Democrat, Sen. Blanche Lincoln ... hike on the wealthy and fees on medical industries. In polls, the House approach is ...

  • Blame game slows growth of personalized medicine 26 Nov 2009 13:15 GMT
    ... a decade that an era of personalized medicine will transform the global drugs business, but the reality is a slow ... said Arthur Higgins, chief executive of Bayer HealthCare BAYG.DE and head of Europe's Federation of ...

  • Healthcare Automation bought in $7M deal 26 Nov 2009 06:36 GMT
    ... PAY up to $7 million to buy Healthcare Automation and Advantage Reimbursement if the two ... – Mediware Information Systems Inc., a Kansas-based medical-software firm, announced on Tuesday that it will ... new products, and expansion of our existing customer base,” Thomas Mann, Mediware’s president and CEO, ...

  • Report on pain management pharmaceuticals market 26 Nov 2009 09:40 GMT
    ... - Global Trends Widespread availability of generic drugs, emergence of pain management clinics, and the advent ... of growth in the pain management market. Healthcare reforms and reimbursement structure continue to shape ... The market is primarily driven by growing consumer demand, increase in people aged over 65, ...

  • Ritchies program aids hospitals 26 Nov 2009 04:34 GMT
    ... PENINSULA Health's two hospitals have received more than $10,000 a year ... years from Ritchies Community Benefits Program. Supermarket customers have directed $97,498 to Frankston Hospital and ...

  • Arnold Van Den Berg Top Holdings: Microsoft Corp., WalMart Stores, The CocaCola Company, ColgatePalmolive Company, UnitedHealth Group,Walgreen Company 26 Nov 2009 00:58 GMT
    ... past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Colgatepalmolive Company UnitedHealth Group Inc. offers health care coverage and related ... Inc. Walgreen Co. is a national retail pharmacy chain and considered the leader in innovative ... the industry. Among those concepts are: Computerized pharmacies, Point-of-sale scanning, Freestanding stores with drive-thru pharmacies, ...

  • Research and Markets: The Outlook for Pharmaceuticals in Western Europe - Total Pharmaceutical Market Value to Grow to US$244.6 Billion in the Next Five Years 26 Nov 2009 13:11 GMT
    ... facing governments trying to expand or maintain health provision in a cost-constrained world. But one ... including: -- The cost of current branded medicines which is leading to accelerated growth in ... and diagnostic visits, an increase in the pharmacy discount, and the re-ordering of the list ...

  • Research and Markets: The Outlook for Pharmaceuticals in Western Europe - Total Pharmaceutical Market Value 26 Nov 2009 13:14 GMT
    ... facing governments trying to expand or maintain health provision in a cost-constrained world. But one ... including. - The cost of current branded medicines which is leading to accelerated growth in ... and diagnostic visits, an increase in the pharmacy discount, and the re-ordering of the list ...

  • Research and Markets: The Outlook for Pharmaceuticals in Western Europe - Total Pharmaceutical Market Value to Grow to US$244.6 Billion in the Next Five Years (BIZ) 26 Nov 2009 13:14 GMT
    ... facing governments trying to expand or maintain health provision in a cost-constrained world. But one ... including: -- The cost of current branded medicines which is leading to accelerated growth in ... and diagnostic visits, an increase in the pharmacy discount, and the re-ordering of the list ...

  • Reform won't take bite out of health-care profits 26 Nov 2009 01:52 GMT
    ... it by looking at the nation's biggest health-care firms. Examine all the companies in the ... are five to seven times greater. Further, medical-device makers and suppliers saw gains in their ... more than fivefold jump for the two pharmacy-benefit managers in the index, Medco Health Solutions ...


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