Transcript: DURBIN, COLLEAGUES SET SIGHTS ON DRUG COMPANY WINDFALL; PROVISION WOULD COST CONSUMERS, TAXPAYERS BILLIONS

Transcript: DURBIN, COLLEAGUES SET SIGHTS ON ANOTHER "MOONLIGHT MACKEREL:" ...
Capitol Hill Press Releases;  October 21, 1997 ;     525 words ... ... ANOTHER MOONLIGHT MACKEREL: A DRUG COMPANY WINDFALL AT CONSUMERS' AND TAXPAYERS ... floated on Capitol Hill that Could cost consumers and taxpayers billions of dollars ... Durbin said. Durbin said the drug company give-away was akin to the ...

Article: Drug Company Eyes OTC Sale of Fat-Blocker
AP Online;  April 7, 2006 ;     548 words ... ... approve orlistat for over-the-counter use. Alli would contain half the dose of Xenical prescription capsules and would cost consumers $12 to $25 a week, GlaxoSmithKline has said. The company estimated 5 million to 6 million Americans a year would buy ...

Article: Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Adds Life to Davie, Fla., Drug ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  September 11, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... appropriate reductions in cholesterol at the right price," said Elliot F. Hahn, Andrx president. Just what Altocor will cost consumers Hahn won't say. "Andrx believes it can be competitive in pricing on its product, and for Andrx to achieve a small percentage ...

Article: eCommerce Barriers Will Cost Consumers $32 Billion ...
PR Newswire;  October 7, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Anticompetitive barriers to eCommerce will cost consumers $32.6 billion this year and more ... to direct sales of automotives will cost consumers nearly $25 billion this year and more ... preventing commission rebates will cost consumers $7 billion this year and nearly ...

Article: Lending Fees Cost Consumers Money
AP Online;  January 8, 2002 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 Title: Lending Fees Cost Consumers Money [image omitted] WASHINGTON (AP) _ Beatrice Hiers ... often not disclosed to borrowers, can be abusive and cost consumers thousands of dollars, Sen. Paul Sarbanes, D-Md ...

Article: Patent extension could cost consumers billions of ...
Chicago Defender;  June 29, 2000 ;     668 words ...Patent extension could cost consumers billions of dollars Pointing to the rising cost of prescription ... for Schering-Plough's Claritin allergy medicine could cost consumers up to $7 billion over its three-year extension, Durbin ...

Article: S KOREAN TELECOM CARTEL COST CONSUMERS US$908 MLN ...
AsiaPulse News;  September 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... fixed-line telecom service providers is estimated to have cost consumers more than 932 billion won (US$908 million) in damages ... Onse Telecom Co. for their international lines may have cost consumers 76 billion won, while the bill for long distance domestic ...