Article: SHAMEFUL; In America, this British drug costs pounds 40. Here, because the NHS is in such a mess, it costs pounds 155. This shambles means people are dying. Isn't it time we did something about it?(News)

Article: Impotence drug costs pounds 12m.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England);  March 3, 1999 ;     304 words ...The estimated current annual cost of prescribing anti-impotence drugs - including Viagra - is as much as pounds 12 million, the Government disclosed last night. But junior Health Minister Mr John Denham stressed public consultations were taking place on policy proposals about the treatment of

Article: New treatment can delay MS symptoms; Controversial drug ...
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  October 7, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Jane Kirby A CONTROVERSIAL treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) can significantly delay the appearance of full blown disease in many patients with early symptoms, a study has shown. The drug, glatiramer acetate, cut the chance of patients getting a confirmed diagnosis of MS by almost half

Article: Higher drug costs to hurt in Michigan.
Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  April 13, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... News that wholesale prescription drug costs grew at more than twice the rate of inflation ... Nationwide, wholesale prescription drug costs rose an average of 7.1 percent in 2004 ... has been somewhat shielded from higher drug costs because a high percentage of Michigan ...

Article: PA attitudes toward prescription drug costs.
JAAPA-Journal of the American Academy of Physicians Assistants;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... study assessed PAs' knowledge of drug costs and attitudes about prescribing prescription ... involving physicians' knowledge of drug costs. We should recognize this deficit and ensure that a discussion of drug costs, particularly those associated with ...

Article: SENIORS' DRUG COSTS TO INCREASE EACH YEAR UNDER ...
The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  November 26, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... responsible for more than $5,000 in drug costs. "I think these numbers will come as ... optimistic projections based on what drug costs are going to do," said Gail Shearer ... pay $1,500 of the first $2,250 in drug costs in 2006 and $2,666 of the first ...

Article: PBMs "will save $1,300 billion in US Rx drug costs ...
Pharma Marketletter;  July 26, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... about $1,300 billion in prescription drug costs through the use of pharmacy benefit management ... activities will cut Medicare prescription drug costs $937 per beneficiary in private plans ... on average, PBMs cut prescription drug costs 25% compared to retail purchases with ...

Article: Reduced drug costs from switching hemodialysis ...
CANNT Journal;  July 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... We sought to evaluate epoetin alfa drug costs in hemodialysis (HD) patients after ... A retrospective study of epoetin alfa drug costs and estimated doses based on these costs ... Average weekly dose calculated from drug costs was 13,282 units (MDV) versus 11 ...