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It will cripple American medical innovation? Seniors would lose access to modern, lifesaving drugs? Those are a couple of the dire warnings being advanced by the drug industry and a few of their friends. Spots are running on conservative talk radio. We can guess who is actually paying for those ads. The cause of all this angst is a fairly modest proposal by the Trump Administration to collect reference (comparative) pricing for Rx drugs from other industrialized countries. All sides agree that this will put U.S. drug pricing under a much hotter spotlight and give the President a stronger bargaining hand....

The Tea Parties and showing up at listening sessions to voice you complaints are great, but we have to do more. We need to donate to groups fighting ObamaCare. It's up to us as big Pharma and the major insurance plans are cutting deals with the Democrats, instead of funding resistance to it. see for details: http://www.wtop.com/?nid=116&sid=1735787 They are dealing with the devil, but will be disappointed as Pelosi and Waxman have already said the deals won't be honored. Rush on Friday mentioned an Internet site that is doing good grass roots education and lobbying against OmamaCare. If you recall...

Alexandria resident Martha Clement pops seven prescription pills each morning, washing them down with an 8-ounce glass of water. She takes two more in the evening. The retired 78-year-old started most of her seven medications in the past decade, primarily because heart conditions and arthritis pain had cropped up. "I feel very lucky that at my age I am independent, in the sense that I can take care of myself and sort out my own medication," Ms. Clement said. She is one of the estimated 119 million Americans, or 44 percent of the population, who take at least one prescription...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 25, 2003 Contact: Debi Vinnedge, Executive Director Children of God for Life (727) 538-5558 Email: debi@cogforlife.org http://www.cogforlife.org MERCK REQUESTS SHAREHOLDERS VOTE AGAINST RESOLUTION TO STOP THE USE OF ABORTED FETAL TISSUE IN VACCINES (Clearwater, FL; Front Royal, VA) Pro-life organizations, Children of God for Life and Human Life International charged today that pharmaceutical giant, Merck & Co. has betrayed their stockholders by refusing to include language in Shareholder Proposal No. 7. that would have revealed: - An organized boycott of all Merck products - A resolution by the Catholic Medical Association to use alternatives to their...

In important Congressional races around the country, a fierce battle is being waged over what Democrats assert is a stealth campaign by the pharmaceutical industry to help House Republicans. At issue are advertisements being run in 20 Congressional districts by the United Seniors Association, a conservative group that acknowledges it receives some financing from the drug industry's major trade group. The advertisements, tailored for each district, praise lawmakers for supporting legislation to provide prescription drug benefits to the elderly. Starring a chipper Art Linkletter, who proclaims that "America's seniors deserve the best of health," a recent version of the advertisement...