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Senate probes ties among narcoticsmakers, pain organizations
The Senate Finance Committee launched an investigation yesterday into the ties among companies that sell pain drugs, pain experts, patient advocacy groups and professional organizations, The New York Times reports.
Senate report faults Sanofi contributions
The Senate Finance Committee is raising questions about Sanofi's multimillion-dollar contributions to two medical groups and a thrombosis researcher. The three of them all wrote letters to the FDA,
Medtronic's decision to end GPO contracts could aid rivals
Medtronic's move to cancel with group purchasing organizations Novation and Premier might be backfiring. Although it anticipated that rivals, including St. Jude Medical, would follow its lead, they
Baucus questions Medtronic over GPO contract cancellations
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) is looking into whether Medtronic's cancellation of contracts with group purchasing organizations Novation and Premier could potentially increase
Feds help small drug companies
Grants from the federal Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project, created by Congress as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and available only to companies with no more
Senate may not hold to $80B pharma deal
Now even the Senate is backing away from that $80 billion healthcare reform deal with pharma. And not just anybody in the Senate, either: Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, the very senator who
With reform in Senate, pharma strikes back
With healthcare reform now up to the U.S. Senate, pharma and its lobbyists are scrambling. The aim: Get the best deal they can from the Senate bill to counter unwelcome measures included in the House
Pharma wins, pharmacies lose in Senate
As the Senate Finance Committee prepares to vote on its latest version of healthcare reform, pharma can breathe a sigh of relief. It's among the few industry winners in this reform incarnation,
PhRMA ads to back Baucus reform plan
The Senate healthcare plan championed by Sen. Max Baucus is about to get a boost from pharma. The industry trade group PhRMA is prepping a series of TV ads that specifically support Baucus's version
Comparative effectiveness bill hits Senate
How do different antidepressants stack up? Blood-pressure meds? Diabetes drugs? Do we know? Well, Sen. Max Baucus says he aims to find out: He's
