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I hope some of you were able to listen in to the Diane Rehm show last Thursday, May 28 on NPR. Ms. Rehm and her staff always do a great job of focusing on relevant and…
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For years, credit card companies have approved online purchases of prescription medications from legitimate importation websites. Starting about a year ago - with Visa being pressured by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (a…
in Big Pharma, Rogues, Safety
Many of you may have seen the ABC 20/20 report from a week or so ago that reported on the safety of purchasing medications online. As usual, Big Pharma teamed up with their friends…
in Big Pharma, Drug prices, Rogues, Safety
A new initiative by another Big Pharma shill, the Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP), was launched to protect American consumers from the dangers of online drug purchasing. The reality is ASOP continues to tell fibs…
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CBS in Chicago reported last night a startling story about prescription safety. A young boy nearly lost his life because of an error that his Walgreens pharmacist made. The story also talks about another Walgreens pharmacist…
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A New York Times editorial from today states what we already know: drug prices continue to increase for everything and anything pharma can make a few more dollars on. I don't know why these…
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The findings from this somewhat dated (November 2014) report from Commonwealth Fund continue to bother me. How can some folks feel this is right or fair? We enter into a social contract with our workers: work…
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We are pleased to announce the launch of the Campaign for Personal Prescription Importation! Our goal is to promote and protect the ability to purchase safe, affordable health maintenance medications from licensed Canadian pharmacies. Many…
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It was a bit disconcerting to open my email and see a Bloomberg news story talking about the increase in drug prices. This time, the article talked about how in just seven years some…
in Big Pharma, Drug prices, Rogues
Many months ago, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report that talked bout the serious issue of rogue online pharmacies. Some of the stuff in the report was on point - and…