Healthcare reform isn’t just about the public option and paying for doctor’s visits — it’s also about equal, affordable access to life-saving medications for all Americans. That’s why many Big Pharma watchdogs are so disappointed with a recent amendment slipped into healthcare legislation that proposes extending patent protection on biologic drugs, delaying for years the [...]

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Despite celebrity endorsements courtesy of Photoshop (above), and a real endorsement by eDrugSearch.com and others, Pfizer whistleblower Dr. Peter Rost came up short in his bid to become the next FDA commissioner. President Obama on Saturday announced the selection of Dr. Margaret Hamburg for the top food and drug post.
We knew Peter was a longshot [...]

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An Unfortunate Victory for EU Repackagers (Drug Channels)
Valeant buys Dow in $285M deal (Fierce Biotech)
New PhRMA DTC Guidelines Ignore Elephant in Room: Moratorium (Pharma Marketing Blog)
Pharma Trade Group Has New DTC Guidelines (Pharmalot)

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The Day of New London, Conn., has a nice article on Dr. Peter Rost’s bid for FDA commissioner. Here’s an excerpt referencing our interview with Peter:

If Pfizer Inc. were to describe its worst nightmare, it might very well be seeing former company whistleblower Peter Rost become commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
So [...]

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It should come as no surprise to readers of this blog that we are delighted about the prospect of a new FDA commissioner in 2009 — one who we hope will put the interests of the people above those of large pharmaceutical companies.
We have also been pleasantly surprised to see the groundswell of [...]

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Sun Pharma buys US-based narcotic maker (WSJ)
Pharma Updates And What You Need To Know (Pharma’s Market)
Will A Big Pharma Pusher Come To The Big Screen? (Pharmalot)
Frost & Sullivan: Will Big Pharma Embrace its Orphans? (BioNity.com)

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Grim Outlook for Big Pharma on Capitol Hill (Health Guide)
Big Pharma’s Pills Contaminated with Machine Parts at Pill Factories (OEN)
Highest-Yielding Big Pharma Stocks (StockPickr)
J&J Health Media Acquisition is Bellwether for Future Pharma Wellness Publisher Deals (Health Content Advisors)

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One of the biggest advantages of shopping for prescription drugs online is price transparency, which empowers the consumer to easily find the best price among available options.
As healthcare consumers well know, it is very difficult to comparison shop among brick-and-mortar pharmacies, because pharmacies typically don’t advertise their prices for prescription drugs (with the [...]

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There are a number of good, money-saving prescription drug card programs out there, which eDrugSearch.com will tell you about in our upcoming e-book. But there are also some scams out there — which ABC investigated in this report. An excerpt:

More than 45 million Americans do not have prescription drug insurance. And some have [...]

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I stumbled across this while reading Gawker: “Teen socialite” Peaches Geldof says the staff at the fashion magazine Nylon prefer prescription drugs over illegal drugs –

What’s the drug of choice at Nylon? “Klonopin.” Peaches was definitely the talky one. Why? “It’s just a very large prescription drug culture.”…
This confirms our highly anecdotal evidence of [...]

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