Author: Lynne Taylor

Slow or ineffective service by mail-order pharmacies is forcing many US patients to go without prescribed medicines, claims a new survey.

The final version of US Senate Committee chairman Max Baucus’ long-awaited health reform bill, unveiled yesterday, maintains his earlier proposal for an annual $2.3 billion flat fee on the drug industry and would set up a medicines effectiveness comparison board.

Healthcare is currently out of balance and so therefore is the pharmaceutical industry, as its fortunes are driven by healthcare systems, virtually all of which are now restructuring, says a new report.

Joint European Commission and industry funding totalling 156.3 million euros was announced yesterday in the next wave of research projects to receive support under the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI).

US pharmacies say they could lose more than $550 million a year due to a massive rollback of prescription drug prices set to take effect on September 26.