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A prescription for change - Aug 25, 2009
Ginger Campbell, a pharmacy benefit consultant at Wright & Percy Insurance, says employers should audit before or after the change in prescription prices to reduce the risk of pharmacy benefit managers not delivering on the terms of their contracts. ...more > PDF - 1,639KB

The Potential For Using Algae To Produce Human Therapeutic Proteins... - Mar 9
Pharmaceutical companies could substantially reduce the expense of costly treatments for cancer and other diseases produced from mammalian or bacterial cells by growing these human therapeutic proteins in algae - rapidly growing aquatic plant cells that have recently gained attention for their ability to produce biofuels...... more >

Physicians Say Onerous "Meaningful Use" Requirements Could Make EHR Incentives Meaningless... - Mar 9
In one survey, practice administrators said complying with meaningful-use standards would slow physicians down - read, "lower their income."
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New Drug Relieves Hand Eczema... - Mar 9
Title: New Drug Relieves Hand Eczema
Category: Health News
Created: 3/9/2010 10:23:00 AM
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