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Researchers at Harvard Medical School (HMS) have identified a gene that is responsible for determining upper and lower limb development...
...policy would be but a drop in the vast budget bucket. More than 1,000 employees hired under subcontract currently earn barely enough to stay above the poverty line. As many of these workers must support families at home, it is ironic that their wages are significantly lower than those earned by most part-time students on the Harvard payroll...
Andrea L. Hildebran, public education director of Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Directors (GLAD) and Jos A. Pars-Avila, staff psychotherapist at the Fenway Community Health Center, spoke to an audience of about 30 in the Adams House Lower Common Room...
...struggle over patent extension is where Mylan has assumed the role of crusader for lower-cost drugs. Last year the company helped found a lobbying group called the Campaign for Fair Pharmaceutical Competition. The group is currently pushing to eliminate sections of the Waxman-Hatch Act, a landmark 1984 law designed to promote drug competition. One target: a provision that prevents the FDA from reviewing generic-drug applications for 30 months if the patent holder sues...
...rise in drug spending is beginning to have political repercussions. A movement is under way at the federal and state levels to bring about cheaper prescription drugs, an effort that could help the lower-cost generics. Bills are pending in several states, including California, to force drug companies to discount products for seniors. In Congress, a bipartisan commission will probably attempt to get Medicare to reverse its policy against paying for prescriptions, which could also favor the generics...