Generic Drugs

Hot Sauce As Economic Driver

Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 04.24.2012

Don't look now, but we just might be in the midst of a hot sauce recovery. Hot sauce production is actually one of the ten fastest growing industr...

Jeffrey Young

Six Ways You're Overspending On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 03.02.2012

There's no way around it: Health care costs a fortune. Insurance premiums, drug prices, the cost of doctor visits and hospital bills are getting b...

What's Behind Our National Drug Shortages?

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 04.07.2012

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

It's easy to understand why millions of patients with cancer, infections, heart disease, central nervous system conditions and pain get riled up when they learn there are shortages of drugs for what ails them.

Patient Safety Paramount for Cutting Edge Medicines

Gary Puckrein | Posted 02.05.2012

Gary Puckrein

It is crucial that the health care communities in both the public and private sector transform their data collection and testing approaches to account for the overall changing face of the American population.

Budget Now To Offset Holiday Spending

Jason Alderman | Posted 01.16.2012

Jason Alderman

If you sometimes fall prey to holiday overspending, you might want to look for ways to make small spending cuts in other areas of your life -- year round -- that, when added together, can result in big savings.

Hospital Drug Shortages Present Deadly, Costly Crisis

AP | By LINDA A. JOHNSON | Posted 11.24.2011

TRENTON, N.J. -- A drug for dangerously high blood pressure, normally priced at $25.90 per dose, offered to hospitals for $1,200. Fifteen deaths in 15...

Drug Prices To Plummet By Next Year

AP/Huffington Post | By LINDA A. JOHNSON | Posted 01.10.2012

(Associated Press) -- The cost of prescription medicines used by millions of people every day is about to plummet. The next 14 months will bring ge...

Feeling The Pinch? Try These Expense-Trimming Tips

Jason Alderman | Posted 11.17.2011

Jason Alderman

Between holiday shopping bills now due, increased winter heating bills and the upcoming income tax season, many people are feeling the pinch right now. Your best bet for getting back on track is to trim expenses.

The Generic Problem with Health Care Reform

Edward F. Blizzard | Posted 11.17.2011

Edward F. Blizzard

While making prescription medications more affordable for every American is a laudable goal, increasing the availability of these drugs raises serious concerns.

Where to Get Cheap Rx Meds

Erin N. Marcus, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Erin N. Marcus, M.D.

I've learned to accommodate my patients' financial circumstances by using generic drugs when possible and letting patients know about pharmacies that sell these them at a relatively low cost.

Reglan Lawsuits Spark Debate Over Generic Preemption, Corporate Immunity

Edward F. Blizzard | Posted 11.17.2011

Edward F. Blizzard

The U.S. Supreme Court asked the Obama administration this week for its position on an appeal filed by generic drug manufacturers who argue that feder...

A Clinical Failure

Liane Kupferberg Carter | Posted 11.17.2011

Liane Kupferberg Carter

The letter was terse. Our health insurance company would no longer cover our son's epilepsy medication unless we switched from the brand name drug ...

Drugstore Owners Look to Cash in on Health Care Reform

Hilary Kramer | Posted 05.25.2011

Hilary Kramer

The American people need to realize that the price being paid for this health care reform is high.

Dollars & Health: Cashing In On Generics

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 11.17.2011

Andrea Chalupa

Andy Miller, formerly a health care reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, has joined Walletpop as a watch dog for all things health care and...

Free Drugs for the Unemployed... Not the Fun Kind

Warren Holstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Warren Holstein

Unemployment plus artificially stimulated erectile function in the elderly and/or infirm can only lead to positive developments for society as a whole, right?

Generic Swap Meet

Barbara Dehn | Posted 05.25.2011

Barbara Dehn

I understand the need to cut costs, but in my opinion, some insurance companies are practicing health care without a license. They have none of the liability and yet are part of the decision-making? What's up with that?

Pfizer May Get Into Bidding For Ranbaxy, Generic Drug Maker

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Pfizer may bid for Ranbaxy Laboratories, countering a $4.6 billion (2.4 billion pound) offer by Japan's Daiichi Sankyo for the Indi...

Pills, Placebos, and Prescription Drugs - Oh My!

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 11.17.2011

It looks like pills are a popular subject this week. Yesterday, Newsweek dove in to the dangerous debate over placebo pills. No one is saying "posit...

Wyeth Sues Teva Over Heartburn Drug

AP | DAMIAN J. TROISE | Posted 05.25.2011

A patent dispute over the heartburn drug Protonix escalated Monday when Wyeth said it will sue to recover lost profits from sales of Teva Pharmaceutic...

Big Pharma Frets As Major Patent Expirations Loom

Wall Street Journal | BARBARA MARTINEZ, JACOB GOLDSTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Over the next few years, the pharmaceutical business will hit a wall. Some of the top-selling drugs in industry history will become history as patent...