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 Commentaries< Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next >December 8, 2006
Vivid Proof The news last Saturday provided vivid, painful proof that drug innovation is indeed a very risky business. Pfizer was in the final stages of testing a new drug for heart disease that would not just lower bad cholesterol, as its Lipitor does, but also... November 14, 2006
Always Low Prices. Always.If a company offered "prescription drugs for $4," you'd probably think it was a scam -- like some Internet pharmacy importing fake Viagra from Bangladesh. After all, it sounds just too good to be true. But $4 drugs are now available across the country. An... October 21, 2005
Sizing Up Criticism of New Medicare Drug BenefitThe new Medicare drug benefit for seniors has been criticized as too big, too small and too complicated. What's seldom reported is that it is a novel system designed to stimulate private sector competition in delivering the drug benefit. Critics like to ... May 29, 2005
Prescriptions from Canada: An empty pillbox for NevadaEarlier this month, the state Senate's Commerce and Labor Committee debated a bill that would allow Canadian pharmacies to sell Nevadans prescription drugs. At first look, this seems to be a commendable attempt to reduce prescription drug costs, because C... March 31, 2005
The Regulatory Roach MotelImagine that our country had a strange law under which foreign citizens were entitled to rent homes here at bargain prices. For a while, our housing market operates relatively well despite this law. While foreign citizens take advantage of it, their numbe... March 23, 2005
Response to Bill Hammond article in The New York Daily NewsBill Hammond takes a one-sided view of prescription drug costs in his article, "Drug lobbyists push bitter pill on taxpayers," (March 23). He says New York State "could save hundreds of millions of dollars" by instituting a preferred drug list for Medicai... January 12, 2005
Tsunami Aid: Was the American response sufficiently generous?The $350 million pledge by the U.S. government to aid the victims of the tsunami catastrophe in Southeast Asia represents only the beginning of American generosity. In a massive outpouring of donations, millions of American citizens have opened their ... December 21, 2004
HHS Report Shows Complexity of Drug ImportationThe report of the HHS Task Force on Drug Importation demonstrates that Congress cannot turn a blind eye to the safety concerns of opening U.S. borders to imported drugs. The report says that it would be ?extraordinarily difficult? to ensure the safety... < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next > |
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