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InternetNews June 13, 2005 Roy Mark	Fake Canadian Drug Sites Proliferating New study shows 80 percent of sites claiming to be Canadian drug stores are registered in other countries.
The Motley Fool January 22, 2007 Michael P. Cecil	Will Medicare Negotiate With Drug Companies? One of the bedrock principles of our economic system is that those buying more of a product receive a discount. Wouldn't empowering Medicare to save taxpayers' money be widely embraced as a great idea? But how would pharma investors see it?
Managed Care May 2002	Study: Mail Order Pharmacy Keeps Growing in Popularity The tech-savvy may denigrate it as "snail mail," but patients see value in reaching into their mailboxes for pharmaceuticals
The Motley Fool May 26, 2011 Brian Orelli	Congress Sets Bad Precedent With AVANIR What happened to free markets?
Managed Care March 2006	Prescription Drug Cost Increase Lowest Since 1994 A slowdown on spending for prescription drugs is credited for leading the slowing in health care costs overall, according to a recent study.
Managed Care February 2006	For Drugs, the VA Pays Far Less Than Medicare A recent survey indicates that prices for the top 20 drugs used by Medicare enrollees are much higher than prices negotiated by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The Motley Fool September 10, 2004 Charly Travers	Looming Drug Shortages The push for drug re-importation into the U.S. will have consequences abroad. With supply restrictions in place, Canada and the U.K. are at a higher risk of drug shortages if pharmacies in those countries continue to sell drugs to U.S. citizens.
Reason May 2007 Jacob Sullum	Exporting Drug Prices Pharmaceutical companies argue that the higher prices paid by Americans underwrite the research and development that makes new drugs possible, in effect subsidizing consumers in other countries. Reimportation could force our northern neighbors to share that burden.
BusinessWeek May 3, 2004 John Carey	Is Reimporting Drugs A Cheap Fix? Not Really Why reimporting drugs from Canada won't work in the long run
Managed Care March 2002	How Medicare beneficiaries spend money on drugs The Kaiser Family Foundation notes that Medicare beneficiaries account for 14 percent of the U.S. population, but for 43 percent of the nation's spending on prescription drugs. Thirteen percent of beneficiaries had to pay $2,000 or more out of pocket in 2001...
Managed Care August 2002 Madeleine A. Estabrook	Regulators Take More Interest In Role of PBMs in Health Care In a highly regulated industry such as health care, it is just a matter of time before every component of the industry comes under scrutiny and review. Pharmacy benefit managers are taking center stage now.
The Motley Fool July 30, 2010 Brian Orelli	A Faster Pathway to Drug Approvals A thinktank called the Pacific Research Institute has proposed letting drugs approved by the European Medicines Authority onto the market in the U.S. before the Food and Drug Administration has approved the drugs.
Managed Care October 2005	Health Plans Pay Less When PBM Owns Mail-Order Pharmacy The ongoing debate on whether health plans pay more for drugs when using a mail-order pharmacy owned by a pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) or when the mail-order pharmacy is not owned by a PBM may be closer to resolution.
Managed Care August 2002	24 States Hope Pharmacy Plus Helps Medicaid Twenty-four states may gamble that providing a prescription drug program to low-income elderly who do not qualify for Medicaid could save them money in the long run.
Managed Care May 2001 Michael Levin-Epstein	Prescription Drug Talk Cooled Off Faster Than a Texas Thunderstorm Medicare reform -- and especially prescription drug benefits within Medicare -- no longer appears to be the burning issue it once was on Capitol Hill. The culprits: priorities and money...
Managed Care December 2004	Number of Prescriptions Grows Faster Than Population With the rising costs of prescriptions and other issues relating to implementation of the new Medicare drug benefit, it is no wonder that policymakers are considering new approaches to addressing drug costs.
The Motley Fool August 15, 2007 Mary Dalrymple	Drug Costs Giving You a Headache? If you want to cut your prescription drug costs, you can do more than just switch to generic brands. Shop around and ask questions. It's your health, and it's your money.
Reason Aug/Sep 2001 Jacob Sullum	Through the Nose An FDA advisory committee has voted overwhelmingly to recommend over-the-counter status for Claritin, Allegra, and Zyrtec, three popular prescription allergy drugs. But the drugs' manufacturers are opposing a switch, fearing that it could hurt their profits...
Managed Care December 2000	How To Save Money on Prescriptions There are ways for low-income groups to avoid paying top dollar for prescriptions. Here's one way physicians can educate consumers...
The Motley Fool May 10, 2011 Brian Orelli	Uncontrolled Crying Over AVANIR's Prescription Data? It's been a slow start, but don't write off this company's pseudobulbar drug just yet.
The Motley Fool December 6, 2004 Brian Gorman	Pill-Popping Nation Americans are using more prescription drugs. Unfortunately for big pharma investors, pharmaceutical companies' benefits from these trends are tempered by other factors.
Managed Care April 2002	How Much Of a Discount Do Cards Offer? Pharmaceutical and chain drug store industry insiders say that the Bush administration's push to provide prescription drugs to the low-income elderly lacks important ingredients: details and money...
The Motley Fool December 12, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Don't Fall Into the Doughnut Hole Medicare Part D provides valuable benefits for seniors. However, because the doughnut hole is a gap in coverage by prescription-drug plans, seniors must be prepared to deal with the costs associated with it.
The Motley Fool February 25, 2010 Brian Orelli	An Untouched Market Waiting to Be Captured Unfilled prescriptions are a potential boon to drug companies.
The Motley Fool March 19, 2004 Bill Mann	The Drug Reimportation Disaster State-imposed pricing is not natural law. Expect Canada to have a problem supplying all those drugs.
Managed Care May 2000 Bob Carlson	Northeast States Pursue Price Controls To Stop Rise in Prescription Drug Costs "The high cost of prescription drugs is a crisis," says Maine Senate Majority Leader Chellie Pingree. "Working people tell us they make a difficult choice between filling their prescription or buying food or heating oil -- or, in many cases, going broke....
Managed Care January 2008	Copayment Rates Outpace Inflation Workers are definitely paying more for health benefits today than they were in 2000, especially for prescription drug copayments.
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2006 Patrick Clinton	From the Editor: Undecided People are buying drugs, because companies are selling drugs. Interfere with the selling process, and people won't buy as many drugs.
The Motley Fool May 4, 2011 Jason Knapp	Generic Drugs and Old People Could Make You Rich CVS hasn't generated market-beating returns yet -- but it will.
The Motley Fool January 7, 2005 Brian Gorman	Canadian Drug Sales Might End Drug makers may not have to worry about cheap pills flooding into the U.S. from across the border, at least for now, offering a small consolation to investors.
The Motley Fool December 11, 2006 Michael P. Cecil	Why Doesn't Buffett Buy Drug Companies? Investors, how do you estimate the amount of money that a drug company, or perhaps more simply one of its drugs, will produce over its lifetime?
The Motley Fool March 15, 2004 W.D. Crotty	60 Minutes on Drugs Will the weekly news magazine's prime-time slam rattle the drug stocks?
InternetNews August 6, 2009	Does Bing 'Find' Illicit Meds Sites? A report this week claims that nearly 90 percent of Microsoft-sponsored search results for online pharmacies found by the Bing search engine lead to fraudulent sites.
Knowledge@Wharton	Analyzing Brand-name and Generic Drug Costs in the U.S. and Eight Other Countries A new study comparing average prices for pharmaceuticals in nine countries -- the US, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico and the UK -- shows that average prices are highest in Japan, while prices in other countries are between 6% and 33% lower than prices in the US.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2010 Andrew Bond	Wal-Mart Enters the Health-Care Fray Wal-Mart and Humana's partnership will have competitors scrambling.
The Motley Fool February 21, 2008 Brian Lawler	A Bit of Irony From the FDA The agency has a mixed message on drug importation, as evidenced in the recent possible contamination of China-produced Heparin.
Managed Care February 2007	Managed Care Outlook Coverage for children leads policy debate.
The Motley Fool March 18, 2004 Brian Gorman	The Drug Cost Conundrum While drug prices continue to climb, the public and its representatives in government are demanding cheaper pharmaceuticals. The industry is not likely to find cover in Medicare biotechnology. Instead, investors should look for drug makers that are finding ways to operate leaner and meaner.
InternetNews August 14, 2009	Are Bing Searches Still Turning Up Illicit Meds? Microsoft is doing a better job of policing sponsored ads for illicit drugs but a new report shows some still slip through the cracks.
Managed Care March 2002 Michael Levin-Epstein	Illinois's Medicare Drug Program Called 1st Stab at National Reform The Illinois demonstration program gives the state permission to use federal and state Medicaid dollars to provide prescription drug coverage for 365,000 low-income, elderly Medicare beneficiaries...
Managed Care September 2000	Three New England States Form Drug-Buying Cooperative Now that the governors of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont have agreed to form a prescription drug-buying cooperative, the hard work of fleshing out the plan begins...
The Motley Fool October 6, 2008 Brian Orelli	Cardinal Atones for Its Sins The drugmaker gets its licenses to distribute controlled substances reinstated.
The Motley Fool December 6, 2007 Selena Maranjian	Your Drugs Are in the Mail Order medications online and save. According to a study by the Lewin Group, mail-order pharmacies, such as Medco and Express Scripts, can save you as much as 10% overall.
The Motley Fool May 6, 2008 Brian Orelli	Free Drugs Free over-the-counter drugs are a win-win for health insurers and their members.
Managed Care December 2000 Bob Carlson	3 New England States Prescribe Innovative Ways To Cut Drug Prices It's too soon to tell whether Maine's prescription drug price control law will survive a legal challenge by drug makers. But private efforts and another innovative strategy -- a plan by Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire to purchase prescription drugs jointly -- are moving ahead...
Managed Care December 2000 Michael D. Dalzell	Prescription Drug Reimportation: Panacea or Problem? Health plans concerned about the cost of pharmacy benefits might want to look at potential effects of prescription drug reimportation -- formulary issues and legal questions, to name two -- even if full implementation is a while off...
The Motley Fool August 1, 2006 Selena Maranjian	Prescription for Prescription Bargains Did you know that your medications might be cheaper around the corner? Another way to offset your net expenses on medications is to make some money on drugs -- by investing in drug-related firms.
The Motley Fool September 21, 2006 Nathan Parmelee	Wal-Mart Goes Generic The supposed most terrible retailer of all is doing a very good thing with generic drug sales. The program will, of course, benefit Wal-Mart by creating additional traffic to its stores. This move could change the game for a number of retailers over the next few years.
Managed Care August 2000	With Cost Study, Group Argues For OTC Benefit A study by HECON Associates, a Maryland-based market research group, supports the claim that when prescription drugs become available over the counter, consumers face increased out-of-pocket costs.
The Motley Fool November 22, 2005 Brian Gorman	Saying No to Drugs Britain's policy of restricting drug access based on cost-benefit analyses should be on the radar screen of pharmaceutical investors.