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  • March 2008

    • Stocks Tumble as Bayer Loses Patent for Contraceptive

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Mar 5, 08 4:27 AM CST

      Stocks Tumble as Bayer Loses Patent for Contraceptive

      (Newser) - Bayer shares tumbled to a 12-month low yesterday after a US judge ended the pharmaceutical giant's patent on Yasmin, the company’s top-selling birth control pill. The ruling means rival Barr Pharmaceuticals may introduce a lower-priced generic version of Yasmin in the next few months, Bloomberg reports.  More »

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      birth control  • birth control pill  • patent  • generic drugs  • Bayer

  • January 2008

    • Risky Errors on Rise With Sound-Alike Drugs

      Reuters  |  Jan 30, 08 9:24 AM CST

      Risky Errors on Rise With Sound-Alike Drugs

      (Newser) - The problem of drug-name mix-ups is growing in the US, with harmful and sometimes even fatal consequences for patients, USA Today reports. A study undertaken by the group that regulates generic drug names found that the rate of mix-ups has more than doubled since 2004. In one case, a 7-year-old boy ended up in the emergency room after being given schizophrenia drug Zyprexa instead of  the allergy drug Zyrtec. More »

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      prescription drugs  • pharmaceutical  • prescription  • generic drugs

  • November 2007
  • October 2007

    • FDA Promises More Generics

      Reuters  |  Oct 5, 07 9:19 AM CDT

      FDA Promises More Generics

      (Newser) - The FDA approved about a third more generic drugs in fiscal 2007 than the year prior, and pledged yesterday to speed its review process to accommodate yet more. Sales of generics, which average about one-third the cost of their brand-name counterparts, are up 22%—and one advocacy group says the FDA isn't doing enough to cut through the 1,300-drug backlog. More »

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      medicine  • FDA  • prescription  • generic drugs  • Pharmacy

  • September 2007

    • Wal-Mart Expands $4 Drug Program

      St. Petersburg Times  |  Sep 28, 07 2:29 PM CDT

      Wal-Mart Expands $4 Drug Program

      (Newser) - A year after launching its $4 prescription drug program, Wal-Mart yesterday added 24 names to its list of 361 generic medications. The company boasts that it now covers more than 95% of treatable common diseases, the St Petersburg Times reports, but critics call the program a publicity stunt and say Wal-Mart is using it as a loss leader. More »

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      Wal-Mart  • prescription drugs  • generic drugs

  • August 2007

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