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Counterfeit Drugs will double by 2010
Submitted on 9.25.2005
Counterfeit drug sales are growing at nearly twice the rate of those for genuine pharmaceutical products, according to a report by former FDA Associate Commissioner for External Relations Peter Pitts.
Unsafe in Any Dose
Submitted by David Holman on 9.22.2005
Brushing off the risks inherent in drug reimportation schemes, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty has a standard retort: "Show me the dead Canadians."
21st Century Health Care Terrorism: The Perils of International Drug Counterfeiting
Submitted on 9.20.2005
The business of creating, distributing and selling counterfeit pharmaceutical products is an unregulated, criminal and growing part of the global economy. There is one major difference between pharmaceutical counterfeiting and other underground industries: lives are at stake.
Rising Premiums Threaten Job-Based Health Coverage
Submitted by Debora Vrana on 9.14.2005
The average cost of health insurance for a family of four has soared past $10,800 -- exceeding the annual income of a minimum-wage earner, according to a survey released Wednesday.
A Prescription for Scarcity
Submitted by John R. Graham on 9.11.2005
Californians are concerned about their health care. The number of uninsured has increased, as has the cost of health insurance. We question the quality of our health care. We are anxious about rising costs. Some of us look to government for relief, but what role does government actually play? The Orange County Register Commentary section has joined with the Pacific Research Institute, a California free-market think tank, to run a series of articles on the topic of a Healthy California. Today, the institute's director of health care studies, John R. Graham, examines the consequences of SB840, proposed legislation that would impose single-payer health care in California.
Lay Off the Pills
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 9.10.2005
Senator John McCain recently told health care executives gathered in Phoenix that the pharmaceutical industry has justifiably gone from revered to reviled in the eyes of the public.
Lawsuit ignores who's gouging whom on drug prices
Submitted by John R. Graham on 9.2.2005
California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has decided that cutting prescription drug prices constitutes "gouging the public." That's what he claimed last week while launching a lawsuit against 39 pharmaceutical companies for defrauding Medi-Cal. This government agency, as Lockyer's findings show, is incapable of controlling costs as well as private buyers could.
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