1,200 sign up for drug import plan in first 2 months
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Only 1,200 people have signed on to Gov. Rod Blagojevich&#39;s program to help residents in Illinois, Wisconsin and Missouri import prescription drugs from Europe and Canada, but
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Although the volume of prescription drugs and drug ingredients coming into the country from foreign manufacturers in developing nations such as India and China has exploded in recent years, the Food and Drug Administration's budget for foreign inspections has not kept pace and will be lower in 20...
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Nearly two million poor people will soon receive Medicare drug discount cards in the mail, a new step by the Bush administration to boost enrollment in the program.
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Few senior citizens have signed up for Gov. Rod Blagojevich&#39;s prescription drug program that promises lower cost medications from pharmacies and drug wholesalers in Europe and Canada.
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After enrolling just 65,000 members in two years, is the Registered Traveler program dead in the water?
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The county that is home to the Food and Drug Administration took a first step Tuesday toward buying prescription drugs from Canada, despite FDA warnings that such a practice would be illegal.
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Managed care provider inks first international agreement.
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Drugmakers get part of the job done outside of the U.S.
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Illinois and Wisconsin on Monday launched the country&#39;s first state-sponsored program to help residents buy cheaper prescription drugs from both Canada and Europe - despite federal laws banning the practice.
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The arrival is part of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plan to send doses from the scarce supply to high-priority groups nationwide.
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In an effort to expand the supply of flu vaccine available in the United States in the future, a clinical trial of an influenza vaccine widely used in Europe has begun recruiting participants at four sites nationwide.
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A key study of its lead drug proceeds faster than expected.
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Two suppliers say they will be able to provide Americans with an additional 2.6 million doses of flu vaccine and another 1 million doses of nasal flu spray.
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Chemicals maker to repurchase $2B of its shares.
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WASHINGTON -- Some influential members of Congress are renewing their pledge to help speed generic versions of the world's most expensive drugs to market.
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As many as 1.2 million smokers in England could try to quit smoking in the New Year, figures suggest.
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The state of Illinois is about to become a federal lawbreaker - and proud of it. Last week, it announced that in September it will help residents buy medicine from pre-screened pharmacies in Canada and Europe.