MD deal aims to trim drugs for poor
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Doctors and the Ontario government have agreed to try to cut the taxpayer-funded prescription drug costs of the poor and elderly by $200 million over the next four years, the Star has learned.
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A new program to provide low-cost drugs to people with cancer and other serious illnesses has fallen far short of expectations.
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Medicare&#39;s new prescription drug coverage should help most elderly, including some of the poorest beneficiaries, save money, but nearly a quarter will pay more for medicine
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The Food and Drug Administration yesterday unveiled a proposal designed to give thousands of seriously ill patients easier access to experimental treatments.
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The first affordable combination anti-malarial drug tailored for children will soon be available across Africa, potentially saving millions of lives, the nonprofit organization and the pharmaceuticals giant who worked to develop it said Thursday.
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For a monthly fee as low as $50, working-poor residents of Howard County would get access to health services ranging from immunizations and checkups to mental health and hospital care under a plan that county officials say could provide a template for jurisdictions across the nation.
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The deal will settle claims that Merck overcharged Medicaid programs for four drugs, including Vioxx and Zocor, and resolve allegations of improper marketing to doctors.
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LONDON -- The first affordable combination anti-malarial drug tailored for children will soon be available across Africa, potentially saving millions of lives, the nonprofit organization and the pharmaceuticals giant who worked to develop it said Thursday.
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Some states are paying far higher prices than others for prescription drugs under the Medicaid program, but data that would help them get a better deal
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A new study confirms that the drug benefit being added to Medicare will provide significant help to elderly people with low incomes or very high drug costs.
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Rich nations pledged $200 million to fight diseases in poor countries on Wednesday, promising to slash the time it takes to get new vaccines to needy children and save more than a million lives a year.
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc cut the prices on its range of HIV drugs offered to developing countries, marking the fifth such discount since 1997.
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Rich nations pledged $200 million to  fight diseases in poor countries on Wednesday, promising to  slash the time it takes to get new vaccines to needy children  and save more than a million lives a year.
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The retailer unveiled a plan intended to expand coverage and offer workers cheap prescription drugs.
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The grants aim to test the idea that diseases such as trachoma and hookworm, which largely afflict the rural poor, can be tackled together more effectively than one at a time.
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The Clinton Foundation has helped create an affordable single-pill treatment and negotiated lowered price for 19 other pediatric AIDS drugs
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Illinois and three other states already help  residents buy prescriptions from the United Kingdom and Ireland in an effort to lower costs.