Rx Watchdog Newsletter

Rx Watchdog Newsletter
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What Is the Rx Watchdog Newsletter?

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AARP's Rx Watchdog newsletter highlights trends in the prescription drug market place and how those trends impact consumers.

 

It monitors the pricing, legislative, and public policies of the world's pharmaceutical manufacturers, and reports those policies, detrimental or beneficial, to AARP members and the American public.

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May 2009 Rx Watchdog Newsletter Issue

 

Table of Contents

 

  • Making the Case for the Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act...1
  • The EU: a Global Leader on Biosimilars...1
  • What are Biologic, Generic and Biosimilar Drugs?...3
  • Legal Front News Exclusion Payments: The Biggest Losers–Consumers...3
  • Would Generic Biosimilars Keep Manufacturers From Recouping Their R&D Costs?..4
  • AARP Federal Advocacy..4
  • AARP State Advocacy...5
  • From Personal Experience: Bonnie Cramer, Board Chair, AARP Board of Directors...5
  • Did You know?...5
  • The Tier 4 Phenomenon...6


Read the entire May 2009 issue online now.

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