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A lesson for retail healthcare: You still have to sell (prescription drugs) at good prices

A lesson for retail healthcare: You still have to sell (prescription drugs) at good prices

March 29, 2013 5:59 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Some of the most popular prescription drugs that recently became available in generic form are sold at the lowest prices at Costco and at the highest prices at ... Read more

Regulator issues fraud alert on doctor-owned medical device distributors

Regulator issues fraud alert on doctor-owned medical device distributors

March 27, 2013 10:03 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - A government watchdog has issued a warning about the risk for fraud when doctors buy an ownership interest in a medical device distributor and then share in its ... Read more


St. Jude Medical’s device to prevent stroke misses study goal

St. Jude Medical’s device to prevent stroke misses study goal

March 20, 2013 5:04 pm by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - A clinical trial evaluating St. Jude Medical Inc's implantable device used to prevent stroke in patients who have a common congenital heart defect failed to achieve its main ... Read more

Too many drug types are compromising heart health: doctors

Too many drug types are compromising heart health: doctors

March 13, 2013 1:00 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - About 80 million Americans suffer from heart disease, the nation's No. 1 killer, and most are on multiple drugs.Some cardiologists think prescribing has gotten out of hand.The criticism ... Read more

Analysis: Payers look to share cost of failed medical devices with manufacturers

Analysis: Payers look to share cost of failed medical devices with manufacturers

October 8, 2012 7:02 am by | 1 Comments

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Insurance companies are turning claims recovery firms to share the cost of failed medical devices with the manufacturers. ... Read more