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Prescription Drug Import Amendment Divides Senate Democrats

2 hours ago ago from Senior World - Online community for seniors across America

The Senate is battling over a proposed amendment that would allow prescription drugs to be imported from other countries where prices are lower. Drugmakers intensified their lobbying push Monday against a popular proposal to allow Americans to buy cheaper drugs from other countries, one of several heated disputes that have bogged down negotiations over a heath-care reform bill, The Washington Post reports. The dispute complicated Senate ...

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FROM THE MORE GUYS WHO PUT MONEY INTO MY PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN DEPARTMENT:Obama Flips On ‘Low Cost Drugs’ Campaign Promise, Sides With Pharmaceutical Companies (And Higher Costs) (Washington Post)

8 hours ago ago from Help The Middle Class

On the campaign trail, Barack Obama vowed to take on the drug industry by allowing Americans to import cheaper prescription medicine. We'll tell the pharmaceutical companies thanks, but no, thanks' for the overpriced drugs drugs that cost twice as much here as they do in Europe and Canada, he said back then. On Tuesday, the matter came to the Senate floor and President Obama forgot the no, thanks part. Siding with the pharmaceutical ...

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Dorgan Drug Importation Health Amendment Defeated

16 hours ago ago from S E N A T U S

An amendment offered by Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) to the health reform bill ( H.R. 3590 ) has been defeated by a vote of 51 to 48 . It would “allow American consumers to safely import lower-priced, Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs from other countries,” according to a press release . Dorgan said the legislation will bring consumers in North Dakota and across the country immediate relief from the world’s highest ...

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SAFETY FIRST?

21 hours ago ago from The WilliamBanzai7 Blog

BANZAI7 NEWS--The Senate has narrowly rejected a plan to allow Americans to import low-cost prescription drugs from Canada and other countries. The amendment by North Dakota Democrat Byron Dorgan failed on a 51-48 vote. Sixty votes were needed to prevail. Importing prescription drugs for personal use is a violation of federal law. Dorgan's amendment would have lifted the ban, allowing access to low-cost medicines from developed countries ...

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The Difference Between Generic and Branded Drugs

14 hours ago ago from Tee shirt Review

Before trying to draw out the differences between generics and brand-name drugs, we must first of all give a clear definition of a generic drug. The active ingredient of medication (for example, of generic phentermine , which is adipex) is chemically identical to the active ingredient of the correspondent medication. According to the FDA's office Generic drugs a generic drug is identical, or bioequivalent to a brand name drug in dosage ...

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Washington Sketch: Obama writing a different prescription now

11 hours ago ago from Washington Post - Business

On the campaign trail, Barack Obama vowed to take on the drug industry by allowing Americans to import cheaper prescription medicine. We'll tell the pharmaceutical companies 'thanks, but no, thanks' for the overpriced drugs -- drugs that cost twice as much here as they do in Europe and Canada, he said back then. On Tuesday, the matter came to the Senate floor -- and President Obama forgot the no, thanks part. Siding with the pharmaceutical ...

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Senate Rejects Plan To Import Low-Cost Drugs : NPR

16 hours ago ago from NPR

Search hear continuous streams 24-Hour Program Stream NPR News and Shows hear the latest news [4 min 45 sec] Latest NPR Newscast Senate Rejects Plan To Import Low-Cost Drugs by The Associated Press text size A A A WASHINGTON December 15, 2009, 07:32 pm ET The Senate rejected a plan ...

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Outdated drugs get police escort in Oakland County | detnews.com | The Detroit News

9 hours ago ago from Detroit News

Archive: Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Today Last Updated: December 16. 2009 1:00AM Outdated drugs get police escort in Oakland County Shawn D. Lewis / The Detroit News Royal Oak -- There are 60 fewer pounds of unused prescription drugs in ...

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Drug violence overwhelms Tijuana

13 hours ago ago from U.S. News

Drug violence overwhelms Tijuana TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) -- This year was particularly tough for the already rough border city of Tijuana, besieged by drug violence and slammed by the economic downturn in the United States. So far, more than 300 people have been killed in turf battles between rival drug traffickers and shootouts between gangs and federal security forces. Scores of bodies are buried in paupers' graves after not being claimed by ...

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