All the headlines from our Drugs Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 20 2004 // A federal judge in Roanoke, Va. has dismissed a lawsuit against Connecticut-based OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma by three men who claimed they became addicted to the painkiller while using it to treat their various medical...
Aug 4 2004 // Aetna has revealed plans for a joint venture to provide specialty drugs to its members of its health plans with severe chronic illnesses while holding down costs.The launch of Aetna Specialty Pharmacy, jointly owned by...
Aug 2 2004 // Was it a good idea to let New Hampshire’s health insurers use workers’ health history in setting rates for the state’s smallest businesses?Republicans Craig Benson and Charles Tarbell say the jury is...
Jul 23 2004 // As his bio notes growing up as a child, Florida Senator Bill Nelson never imagined that one day he would both catapult into space from a NASA launch site just miles from his grandfather’s homestead and go on to serve...
Jul 19 2004 // As his bio notes, as a child Florida Senator Bill Nelson never imagined that one day he would both catapult into space from a NASA launch site just miles from his grandfather’s homestead and go on to serve the people...
Jul 15 2004 // Seattle-based Kibble & Prentice recently announced the results of its annual employee benefits survey. With nearly 200 Washington state companies reporting, the results showed three clear trends: health care costs...
Jun 21 2004 // The North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance (WSI) board of directors has authorized a premium increase for workers’ compensation coverage beginning July 1, 2004, according to a WSI statement. The rate increase is...
Jun 1 2004 // The North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance (WSI) board of directors has authorized a premium increase for workers’ compensation coverage beginning July 1, 2004, according to a WSI statement. The rate increase is...
May 20 2004 // West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw announced a settlement of drug pricing litigation against Dey Inc., a manufacturer of prescription drugs. Dey Inc. a unit of Merck KGAA of Germany, agreed to pay three state...
Apr 29 2004 // A federal jury in New York has ruled against a convicted drug mule who claimed he was improperly forced to undergo surgery to remove heroin-filled condoms he had ingested.William Meequaye Kanyi filed suit against doctors,...
Apr 27 2004 // Several workers’ compensation reforms proposed in a pair of Oklahoma House of Represenatives bills that died in the Senate had new life breathed into them by amendments the House attached to Senate Bill...
Apr 2 2004 // While researching the safety of prescription drugs, New Hampshire Gov. Craig Benson ordered brand-name medicines from a Canadian online pharmacy for about half the cost of buying the same drugs in New Hampshire, he...
Mar 22 2004 // To counteract the steep rise in medical and prescription drug costs, the North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance’s (WSI) board of directors authorized the agency to go forward with a proposal for a slight premium...
Mar 11 2004 // The Oklahoma House of Representatives, concluding what has reportedly been a grueling three weeks of public policy debate, passed a workers’ compensation reform bill designed to keep a lid on costs.According to the...
Feb 23 2004 // Although many complex issues need to be resolved to solve Florida’s nursing home crisis, tighter litigation reforms are reportedly key to solving these problems, according to one insurance industry trade...
Feb 9 2004 // He came to Washington, D.C., with a background steeped in medicine.U.S. Senate Majority Leader and Tennessee Republican Bill Frist has known first-hand the impact of the nation’s medical malpractice crisis and how it...
Jan 12 2004 // Problems and states come in all different shapes and sizes.For the insurance industry, keeping an eye on tort reform in Mississippi has been an item of importance in recent years. For the American Insurance Associ-ation...
Jan 6 2004 // The Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA), which provides malpractice insurance to doctors in Canada, is on the verge of announcing it will not cover lawsuits generated by Internet drug sales, even if those suits...
Dec 5 2003 // Fiserv, Inc. has agreed to acquire Memphis-based MedPay Corporation, a provider of workers’ compensation prescription services, in a move that further expands its Fiserv Health business.No financial details are being...
Sep 8 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) announced its support recently of state legislative initiatives to establish stronger guidelines for distribution of prescription painkillers such as Oxycontin and...