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So, Where Are We with ACOs?

By Guest Blogger | Published: July 13, 2011
Tom Norton gets to grips with what an Accountable Care Organization is … and what it is not. Sixteen months into the new Healthcare Reform law, many continue to wonder about the status one of the most confused aspects of the new HCR — the elusive Accountable Care Organization, or ACO. And why are ACOs viewed [...]
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Allergan Offers to Pay Journos to Discuss Botox

By Ben Comer | Published: May 11, 2011
Physicians aren’t the only ones getting paid to attend industry-sponsored events heavy on product discussions. For $250, “select” journalists can discuss facial aesthetics at an event sponsored by Botox-maker Allergan, on June 9 in New York City. Journalistic ethics can be checked at the door. The emailed invitation to attend Allergan’s Facial Aesthetics Advisory Panel, which [...]
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Pharma Feels Delayed Effects of Economic Crisis

By Jennifer Ringler | Published: April 20, 2011
A new study from the IMS institute for Healthcare Informatics reveals that the spending increase on prescription medication in 2010 was the second-lowest increase in more than half a century. According to the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics, spending on prescription medications increased 2.3 percent in 2010 — a lower increase than the 5.1 percent [...]
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Governor Howard Dean: Financing the Future of US Drug Innovation

By William Looney | Published: April 6, 2011
Will it be More Good Pills — Or that Porsche? The Obama Administration’s signal achievement to date — passage of comprehensive health reform legislation — continues to inspire confusion and contradictions across the political spectrum. Despite its scope, the bill is dismissed by many Democrats for what it does not do, while the GOP [...]
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Industry Reactions to Japan Earthquake Crisis

By Julian Upton | Published: March 16, 2011
As a dazed Japan copes with the aftermath of the Tohoku earthquake, Japanese pharma companies have been quick to offer donations of both money and medical supplies and help with aid efforts. Takeda has pledged 300m Japanese Yen ($3.6m) to the Japanese Red Cross Society to help the emergency relief fund, as well as offering [...]
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