July 13, 2010
Dow Jones Newswires
The California Supreme Court handed a legal victory to retail pharmacies that accused Pfizer Inc. (PFE) and other major drug makers of conspiring to set prices at artificially high levels. Read more
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Rhode Island's Birth Control Contretemps
July 7, 2010
The Providence Phoenix
Recently OB-GYN Associates, a respected women's health care practice with offices in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, admitted to Rhode Island Department of Health officials that it had implanted in patients birth control intrauterine devices (IUDs) apparently manufactured in Canada and not approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Read more
Gazette opinion: Why We Won't Get Medicine at Canadian Prices
June 27, 2010
Billings Gazette
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer and U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., proposed a pilot program to allow prescription drugs to be imported into their states. Their goal: lower costs for patients. Read more
Canada Lists the Top Prescription Drugs Americans Buy Online
June 8, 2010
Los Angeles Times.com
Buying prescription medication online from Canadian pharmacies may technically be illegal, but that hasn't stopped countless Americans from doing it. Just what drugs do Americans buy? Glad you asked. Because the Canadian International Pharmacy Assn. just released its list of the top drugs purchased online by Americans in 2009. Read more
WHO Urged to Break from Pharma in Counterfeits Battle
May 25, 2010
PharmaTimes.com
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has been urged to scrap an anti-counterfeiting task force which, critics claim, is being unduly influenced by pharmaceutical companies. Read more
U.S. Senate Votes to Maintain Big Pharma's Monopoly by Blocking Competitive Imports
May 24, 2010
NaturalNews.com
(NaturalNews) The United States Senate recently rejected two separate proposals that would have allowed the importation of cheaper medication from other countries, apparently in order to preserve a deal between the pharmaceutical industry and the White House. Read more
Some Look North for Affordable Prescriptions
May 23, 2010
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The cost of prescription drugs prompted retired North Allegheny teacher Sharon Wize to look north for a solution. Read more
For Many, Illegal Canada Rx Worth Risk
May 24, 2010
Arkansas Democratic-Gazette
8,000 Arkansans ignore U.S. law, buy neighbor's cheaper online prescriptions. Read more
Brand-Name Drug Prices Rose 9.7% Last Year, AARP Says
May 17, 2010
The Wall Street Journal
The AARP says that manufacturer prices for brand-name prescription drugs commonly used by people on Medicare rose 9.7% for the year ending in March — the biggest annual jump since the group started tracking prices in 2002. The price of specialty drugs like biologics and injectables rose 9.2%. Generic drug prices, meantime, dropped 9.7%. (All this happened while general inflation hovered around 0.3%.) Read more
Canadian Prescriptions Popular
May 16, 2010
Tulsa World
For about 15 years, she has been buying prescription medications for herself and her husband by mail order from Canada. "For the savings," Miller says. Read more