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06 July 2004
Nassau drug plan may work elsewhere
Could an innovative prescription-drug program called NassauRx be just what the doctor ordered to stem the misery of high-cost drugs in the region? New York City and Suffolk County officials are turning their attention to Nassau County with just that in mind.

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06 July 2004
Drugmakers Prefer Silence On Test Data
The pharmaceutical industry has repeatedly violated federal law by failing to disclose the existence of large numbers of its clinical trials to a government database, according to the Food and Drug Administration.

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04 July 2004
Seniors struggle with Canadian drug dispute
Loyal customers of cheaper Canadian drugs say Florida's recent attempt to close neighborhood storefronts won't deter them from finding other ways to save on their prescriptions.

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03 July 2004
Let Medicare look for drug deals
Efforts to legalize the reimportation of U.S.-made drugs from Canada has the U.S. pharmaceutical industry worried about being subjected to government price controls, which they decry as a form of socialism.

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02 July 2004
Canadian drugs may be what the budget ordered
Newton employees and retirees ordered nearly 6,000 prescriptions of the cholesterol-reducing drug Lipitor last year -- for a total cost to the city of $434,300.

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01 July 2004
Prescription drug lottery makes losers of us all
Last week the Bush administration announced it had established a lottery to decide which 10 percent of chronically ill patients would get their expensive prescription drugs paid for. For 50,000 winners, whose prescriptions cost thousands of dollars per year, this was good news. But 450,000 other seniors who need help just as badly will have to wait two years for help.

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30 June 2004
Group: Drug costs up after Medicare discounts started
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Prices for medicines most used by older Americans rose steadily after the Bush administration enacted the new Medicare law late last year, the nation's largest group representing the elderly said Wednesday.

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