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U.S. spending on medicines fell for first time in 2012
Reuters(Reuters) - Patent expirations on big-name drugs such as Lipitor and Plavix has resulted in modestly less spending on medicines in the United States for the first time in at least 55 years, according to a report released on Thursday. Overall U.S....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Prescription Drugs, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Plavix (drug)
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The wrong way for Washington to avoid defaulting
It's rare that the president explicitly pledges to veto a bill -- usually, the White House says the president's advisors would "recommend" a veto -- but that's what happened Tuesday. The measure in question is HR 807, the Full Faith and Credit Act, by...
Tags: Financial Markets, Public Finance, Barack Obama, Republican Party, Politics
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Pfizer to sell Viagra online, take on counterfeit pills
Los Angeles TimesPfizer Inc. will begin selling its popular erectile dysfunction pill Viagra to patients on its website, in an unusual move to combat counterfeit drugs. It's a novel strategy because drug-makers rarely sell medicines directly to patients, but analysts...Tags: Erectile Dysfunction, Prescription Drugs, Viagra (drug), CVS Corp., Drugs and Medicines
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Pfizer's new Viagra strategy
What makes Viagra so interesting? On Monday, my colleague Chad Terhune wrote about Pfizer’s plan to begin selling its little blue pills directly to patients on the company’s website. And within a couple of hours, the story was listed among ...
Tags: Prescription Drugs, Viagra (drug), Lipitor (drug), Drugs and Medicines
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Bringing back that lovin' feeling
Wendy Wolf (whose name has been changed to respect her privacy), 62, of Boca Raton, a slim, attractive blonde with green eyes and the ability to still turn heads, is vivacious, pretty and popular. Attracting men is never a problem. Men find her pretty,...Tags: Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Cialis (drug), Sexual Health, Pharmaceuticals, Hospitals and Clinics
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Appeals court puts 1st Amendment over public health
The Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act makes it illegal to sell a prescription drug for any purpose other than what's listed on the label. Nevertheless, a divided federal appeals court this week tossed out the conviction of a former drug sales rep who was...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Prescription Drugs, U.S. Supreme Court
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Nuevo rival para el Viagra
Los hombres con disfunción eréctil quizás no tengan que volver a hacer planes adelantados para tener relaciones sexuales, luego de que Vivus Inc. ganara la aprobación en Estados Unidos de su producto Avanafil, que viene a competir con Viagra, de Pfizer...Tags: Cialis (drug), GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Lilly Eli & Co, Viagra (drug), Drugs and Medicines
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FDA approves new drug for erectile dysfunction
Men now have a new option to treat erectile dysfunction. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the new drug Stendra to treat the illness that causes problems in the sex lives of 30 million men. It is the first erectile dysfunction drug in a...Tags: Cialis (drug), Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Physical Conditions, Chest
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Consumer Confidential: Ticketmaster refund, Lipitor probe
Money & CompanyHere's your fool-to-cry Friday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: --If you bought a ticket through Ticketmaster between October 1999 and October of this year, you're due for some cash -- $1.50, to be precise. Because of a...... -
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Md. man pleads guilty to selling fake Viagra on Craigslist
A 34-year-old La Plata man pleaded guilty Friday to peddling phony Viagra on Craigslist, after the four-month scheme was discovered by an undercover investigator working for pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Corp. Dwayne Alan Skiles faces up to five years in...Tags: New Year's Day, Trials, Craigslist, Inc., Viagra (drug), Court Preliminary
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