07.23.2009 2:03 am

Obama, Congress want more cost cuts from drugmakers

BY DUFF WILSON
c.2009 New York Times News Service

The pharmaceutical industry has remained relatively unscathed so far in Washington’s effort to overhaul the nation’s health care system. But it is too soon for drugmakers to declare victory — especially now that…

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07.22.2009 1:42 am

Biologics prompt exclusivity debate

By Doug Wong

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

BY ANDREW POLLACK

New York Times

A bitter congressional fight over the cost of super-expensive biotechnology drugs has come down to a single, hotly debated number: How many years should makers of those drugs be exempt from generic competition?

But what few people…

Tags: biotech, generic drugs, medicine, pharmaceuticals

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