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Managed Care October 2000 Kevin A. Wilson	Public Policy Largely Ignores Adult Immunization Needs Although four fifths of the nation's children are fully immunized, tens of thousands of adults die each year from diseases preventable by vaccination...
American Family Physician December 1, 2002 Sanford R. Kimmel	Vaccine Adverse Events: Separating Myth from Reality Vaccines have turned many childhood diseases into distant memories in industrialized countries. However, questions have been raised about the safety of some vaccines because of rare but serious adverse effects that have been attributed to them.
Managed Care May 2006 Martin Sipkoff	Part D Means Health Plans Will Have To Pay Pharmacists Medication therapy management helps people to stay on their prescribed regimens. Part D plans can expect to start making payments for the service in 2007.
American Family Physician July 15, 2003 Sur et al.	Vaccinations in Pregnancy Routine vaccines that generally are safe to administer during pregnancy include diphtheria, tetanus, influenza, and hepatitis B. Other vaccines, such as meningococcal and rabies, may be considered.
Scientific American February 2006	To Banish a Cancer Two vaccines that are nearing approval by the Food and Drug Administration in the U.S. have demonstrated in clinical trials that they can prevent infection from the two types of the human papillomavirus (HPV) that account for up to 70 percent of cervical cancers.
Pharmaceutical Executive July 10, 2014 Fitzpatrick & Mohan	Vaccines: Fire in the Cold Chain It's only recently that vaccine producers experienced the commercial returns commensurate with vaccines: long record of positive public health performance.
American Family Physician July 1, 2000 Monica Preboth	Practice Guidelines ACIP Issues Recommendations for the 2000-2001 Influenza Season
American Family Physician July 1, 2004 Lo Re & Gluckman	Travel Immunizations The approach to vaccine recommendations should be based on a thorough assessment of the risks for travel-related diseases, the time available before trip departure, and current knowledge of the epidemiology of vaccine-preventable diseases.
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2005 Sarah Houlton	Global Report: Wanted: Attention Bird flu is number one on the media's agenda. But other diseases need better immunization, too. WHO estimates that in 2002, 2.1 million people died from diseases that could have been prevented by vaccines that WHO currently recommends.
HBS Working Knowledge March 1, 2004 Martha Lagace	Injecting New Life into the Vaccine Industry Vaccines for preventable diseases save millions of lives every year, yet as an industry, the vaccine business suffers a host of ailments, the CEO of Merck & Co. contends.
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2009 Joanna Breitstein	Vaccines for All The world is suffering. But just over the horizon is a new access equation that could speed innovative vaccines to where they're needed most.
Health May 2008 Jessica Snyder Sachs	Seven Vaccines You Need Right Now Why those childhood shots (whooping cough, mumps, and more) may have worn off - and what to do.
Chemistry World March 17, 2011 Hepeng Jia	International recognition helps Chinese vaccine industry Vaccines made in China will now be supplied through United Nations agencies to developing countries, after recognition from the World Health Organisation that China's State Food and Drug Administration has complied with international standards for vaccine regulation.
American Family Physician October 15, 2006 Liz Smith	Newsletter Physician Leaders, Congress Discuss Medicare Physician Payment Cuts... Insurance Data May Build Pressure for Overhaul of Health Care System... IOM Finds Investment of Resources Inadequate to Address Obesity Crisis... etc.
Managed Care May 2007 Martin Sipkoff	Medication Therapy Management May Finally Enter the Mainstream Pharmacies can now take advantage of CPT codes to bill insurers for direct patient care. Will private payers follow Medicare in offering this service?
BusinessWeek October 22, 2007 Catherine Arnst	Roll Up Your Sleeve, Gramps A graying population may create a huge market for vaccines that buttress aging immune systems.
The Motley Fool August 29, 2007 Brian Orelli	Prevention for Your Portfolio Medicare is increasing the number of screenings tests and immunizations it pays for. Which pharmaceutical and medical companies stand to benefit from this increased spending on preventative medicine? Read on.
American Family Physician July 1, 2004	Travel Vaccines An informative brochure on the importance of travel vaccines and procedures regarding their use.
American Family Physician August 15, 2004	Newsletter CMS Issues Notice Warning Physicians to Protect Medicare Provider Identification Numbers from Fraudulent Employees... Veterans Returning from Combat Zones Rely on Family Physicians for Mental Health Screening... etc.
The Motley Fool February 23, 2010 Brian Orelli	The End of a Swine Flu Era A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended yesterday that next year's seasonal flu vaccine contain the vaccine for the H1N1 virus, aka the swine flu.
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2013 Jill Wechsler	Costs and Coverage Challenge Medicare Drug Plans Rate cuts and fraud concerns create problems for Part D plans and Part B providers.
American Family Physician May 15, 2001 Richard Kent Zimmerman	Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine for Young Children Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, approved in 2000 for use in the United States, was designed to cover the seven serotypes that account for about 80 percent of invasive infections in children younger than six years...
Managed Care May 2007	The Formulary Files The American Academy of Pediatrics predicts that the increasing costs of vaccines, combined with low payments from insurance companies, will lead to under-immunization.
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2006 Joanna Breitstein	Cervical Cancer: Endagered Species Preventive care is more efficient than treating disease after the fact. Now this paradigm takes hold in cancer with new HPV vaccines. Now that the science is in order, Merck and GSK face several important challenges in conditioning the market.
BusinessWeek July 25, 2005 Catherine Arnst	O.K., Roll Up Your Sleeve New vaccines are arriving but the economics are still a challenge.
American Family Physician May 15, 2001	Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine: What a Parent Needs to Know Why should my child get this vaccine?... What exactly is the pneumococcal vaccine?... Are there some children who should not get pneumococcal conjugate vaccine or who should wait until they are older?...
Managed Care May 2004 Thomas G. Dolan	Pharmacist Care An Idea Whose Time Is Still Coming For more than a decade, it has seemed this idea would catch fire. But many insurers are still looking for evidence that it can reduce overall costs.
American Family Physician December 15, 2000	Letters to the Editor On Pneumococcal Vaccine Recommendations... etc.
Searcher October 2011 Stephanie C. Ardito	The Medical Digital: Navigating the Medicare Maze Since entitlement programs are the chief governmental programs under fire, I decided to revisit the healthcare bills passed back in March (H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act).
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2006 Mike Mallett	Marketing to Professionals: Penetrate the Point of Purchase Leverage mystery shoppers, and improve patient compliance through local pharmacists.
AskMen.com December 22, 2002 Mike Davison	A Man's Guide To The Flu Shot The flu vaccine is 70 to 90% effective in preventing the flu in healthy adult males. It is still possible to contract the flu after immunization, but typically those who have been vaccinated develop a much milder case of the flu.
Managed Care December 2007 Martin Sipkoff	Large Plans Do Well Under Part D, But Premium Hikes Cloud Future Profits should increase over the next two years for plans that stay the course, but politics and rising premiums may affect long-term results.
Managed Care December 2006 Martin Sipkoff	Federally Negotiated Drug Prices Anticipated for Medicare Part D Congress to force the issue of federally negotiated drug prices. This could eventually lead to a government-run drug plan.
Salon.com October 26, 1999 Jon Bowen	Disease parties Some parents in Britain are deliberately exposing their children to kids with contagious illnesses.
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2006 Pasternak et al.	Vaccines: Market on the Rebound The vaccine business was safely inoculated against higher profits. But innovative therapies and looser government controls may spark an outbreak. Are pharmaceuticals ready for this opportunity?
Registered Rep. January 2, 2013 Kevin McKinley	Mapping the Medicare Maze Advisors can shed some much-appreciated light on this crucial but confusing program.
Managed Care October 2001 Patrick Mullen	Interview: Pharmacists in Need The executive vice president and CEO of the American Pharmaceutical Association says pharmacists are being inundated and need help...
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2005 Jill Wechsler	Washington Report: "D" Is for Data It is critical for Medicare to address important questions on drug safety and utilization, and about how prescribing decisions affect health outcomes and costs.
Salon.com March 8, 2001 Amy Standen	Ready for some lockjaw? There's no profit in the tetanus vaccine business, so a rare and hideous disease may soon strike more Americans...
American Family Physician October 15, 2004 Genevieve Ressel	Newsletter Vaccine Manufacturer Expecting Delays in Distribution of Fluvirin... U.S. Census Bureau Report Confirms Rising Number of Uninsured Americans... CDC Reminds Physicians to Consider West Nile Virus in Pregnant Women... etc.
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2005 Rubinstein & Galardi	Bustin' a CAP: The Competative Acquisition Program The new Competitive Acquisition Program for Medicare Part B drugs aims to align market forces with the distribution of drugs and biologics that doctors administer in their offices, but increasing bureaucracy is a major downside.
BusinessWeek February 4, 2010 Weintraub et al.	Swine Flu: The Pandemic That Wasn't Swine flu is waning, but the lessons of H1N1 could come in handy during a more serious epidemic.
American Family Physician September 15, 2006 Liz Smith	Newsletter CMS Issues Guidance on Part D vs. Part B Coverage Determination... Residents, Students Adopt Resolutions on Drug Samples, Universal Care... CMS Proposes Changes to Outpatient Services Policies and Payment... etc.
Managed Care October 2000	Physicians Praise New Aetna Stance On Kids' Vaccines In California, Aetna U.S. Healthcare has addressed a major complaint of the state's leading physician organization -- that relatively low capitation rates force pediatricians to eat the cost of recommended vaccines....
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BusinessWeek April 26, 2004 Kerry Capell	Vaccinating The World's Poor GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals is betting it can combat Third World scourges -- and still make money.
American Family Physician February 15, 2007	Newsletter Health Care Alliance Announces Proposal to Cover Uninsured... Health Coverage, Physician Payment Are Priorities for AAFP Chapters... Supreme Court Refuses to Hear NRMP Antitrust Lawsuit... etc.
Managed Care October 2007 Martin Sipkoff	Asheville's Legacy: Pharmacy Moves From Dispensing to Clinical Management It is an idea whose time has finally come: Today's clinical pharmacists are involved in virtually all aspects of medical care.
American Family Physician September 1, 2000 Rosemarie Sweeney & Toni Lapp	Newsletter Conference Committee Reaches Funding Decisions on Key Health Programs... Foundation Urges Enrollment of Children in Insurance Programs... A National Summit on Medical Errors Is Announced... Thimerosal-Free Vaccines for Infants Are Recommended...