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...what Clark and others are doing is technically illegal, since the U.S. forbids the import of prescription drugs by anyone other than the original U.S. manufacturer, and even then only when the drugs meet all the approval requirements of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA contends it is looking out for consumer safety, but in fact a growing volume of prescription drugs sold in the U.S. is made overseas and brought in by domestic manufacturers. What's really being protected, critics say, is the pharmaceutical industry. It has a powerful partner in the FDA, which over...
...Bulk of cost comes from research and blind studies of drugs. The cost to prove a drug worthy for consumer consumsion is incredibly high. If the FDA conducted the blind studies at their expense and the patent life were longer, prices would come down. Jack Tamulonis Manchester...
...Have it government-controlled. Pure and simple. Everybody's making money except the people that bust their ass everyday. All potential price increases should be approved by a government facility, i.e. the FDA, or on a level of individual income. Richard Forlizzo Crystal Beach...
Fortunately for sexually active college women, another means of preventing unwanted pregnancies may soon hit the pharmacy shelves. Just last month, advisors of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended that the “morning-after” pill—currently only available though prescription—be available over-the-counter. Taken up to 72 hours after unprotected sex, the pill drastically reduces the chance of pregnancy and thus gives sexually active women more choices in preventing unwanted pregnancies...
Move over, Botox. Hyaluronan is the new rejuvenator. Found in the umbilical cord, some bacteria and the red combs of roosters, hyaluronan reduces inflammation in arthritic knees and prevents scar tissue after surgery. It's also what makes up the gel Restylane, a Medicis product recently approved by the FDA to plump wrinkles around the nose and mouth. (Botox is used to erase crow's-feet, furrowed brows and other frown lines.) Europeans and Canadians have been using Restylane for years. Another wrinkle buster, Hylaform, manufactured by Genzyme, is awaiting FDA approval...