The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is delaying the implementation of its controversial short-cycle dispensing rule. The one-year postponement pushes the implementation date to Jan. 1, 2013.
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AARP: Drug price increase in 2006 exceeds rate of inflation
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Haymarket Media
Mar 08, 2007
Last year – for the sixth year in a row – manufactures’ prices for brand name drugs rose at twice the rate of inflation, according to a new report from AARP.
Painkiller slows memory loss
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Oct 01, 2016
A common painkiller associated with menstrual cramps could be a tool to reversing memory loss caused by Alzheimer’s disease, researchers assert.
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Immigration reform bill clears major Senate hurdle
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Haymarket Media
Jun 28, 2007
Senators backing a major immigration reform bill scored a big win Tuesday when they gathered enough support to ensure the controversial proposal will come up for a vote soon. The 64-35 vote easily surpassed...
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Psychiatrist gets 9 months in prison for nursing home drug kickback scheme
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Mar 15, 2016
A Chicago psychiatrist who prescribed the antipsychotic clozapine to thousands of nursing home residents in exchange for kickbacks was sentenced to 9 months in prison on Friday.
LTC Innovation Summit kicks off Tuesday
Oct 08, 2015
The second annual Louisville Innovation Summit takes place Tuesday and Wednesday with a gathering of 500 executives and entrepreneurs focusing on the future of aging care. More than 40 speakers and 15...
FDA agrees to deal that speeds reviews
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Matthew Arnold
Oct 01, 2011
The Food and Drug Administration and the biopharma industry have agreed in principle on a revamp of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act, by which drug firms provide nearly two-thirds of what the agency...