BLOGGER VS. BLOGGER: How To Handle Prescription Drug User Fees
Lawmakers are in the midst of a debate on how to reauthorize FDA's user fee program for drugmakers and medical device manufacturers. The Prescription Drug User Fee Act was created in 1993 to require...
View ArticleBACK AND FORTH: Should Patients Be Able To Buy Certain Drugs Without...
Health care providers have expressed opposition to a proposal by the FDA to allow patients to purchase certain medications that currently are prescription only over the counter. Under the proposed...
View ArticleWHILE WE’RE GONE: The Top Health Policy News You Might’ve Missed
American Health Line is on hiatus until Jan. 3 but in the meantime, our writers and editors are still scouring the media for the best health policy news. After the jump, you’ll find the top health...
View ArticleAHL’s TOP STORY: Prescription Drug Spending Down as Patents Expire, Generics...
Overall spending on prescription drugs declined by 1% between 2011 and 2012, as popular medications lost their patent protection and consumers moved toward generic alternatives, according to a new...
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