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Health & Wellness News tagged with drug companies

Drug Companies May Narrow Medicare Coverage Gap
Health & Wellness  (tags: White House, pharmaceutical companies, lawmakers, Medicare coverage, drug companies )

Kristmas
- 168 days ago - google.com
Proposal: Drug firms pay part of the cost of brand name drugs for lower and middle-income seniors in the so-called "doughnut hole." ...The White House, key lawmakers and the pharmaceutical industry are negotiating. Team working over the weekend!
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Patient Privacy Rights: Sign Our Petition to Oprah
Health & Wellness  (tags: patient privacy rights, health care privacy rights, drug companies, big pharma, dr.oz, Oprah Winfrey, survey, petition, accountability, prevention, healthcare, warning )

Cheryl Su
- 238 days ago - secure2.convio.net
Oprah and a regular on her show, Dr. Oz, have been promoting RealAge.com, a website that asks you over 150 personal questions covering what you eat, drink, sexual history and more. The quiz promises tips on healthier living, but here's the catch: "free" m
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Big Pharma Quietly Hikes Drug Prices 100 Percent or More
Health & Wellness  (tags: big pharma, drug companies, drug increases, study, healthcare, ethics )

Cheryl Su
- 286 days ago - naturalnews.com
Without any fanfare, pharmaceutical companies have been raising the prices of many of their drugs by 100 percent or more, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Minnesota.
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Big Pharma Emigrates to China Wih No Safety Net in Place
Health & Wellness  (tags: pharmaceuticals, drug companies, outsourcing, China, drug manufacturing )

RC
- 399 days ago - nytimes.com
AstraZeneca, Bayer, Baxter and Pfizer are planning to outsource pharmaceutical production to China. Eli Lilly already has. People have already been sickened and died from contaminated Chinese heparin. Toxic cough syrup killed thousands. We deserve better.
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Virtually All U.S. Doctors Accept Money, Freebies From Drug Companies
Health & Wellness  (tags: doctors, drug companies, pharmaceutical industry )


- 814 days ago - newstarget.com
Nearly every doctor in the United States accepts gifts of some sort from pharmaceutical companies, but in many cases there is no benefit to patients, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Drug Companies Make BILLIONS Testing Adult Drugs on Kids
Health & Wellness  (tags: pharmaceuticals, drug companies, children, pediatrics, profit, marketing, risks, health, drugs, doctors, risk, research, medicine, healthcare )

Cheryl Su
- 817 days ago - care2.com
M. Robinson received $300 and a $50 gift certificate to Toys "R " Us as an incentive to enroll her 7-month-old daughter in a drug trial to treat a form of indigestion babies can get.Merck & Co., also received an incentive: about $290 Million
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