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.

• May 2009, Vol. 6, Issue 4: Making the Case for Generic Biologics
• April 2009, Vol. 6, Issue 3:
  Manufacturer Drug Prices Reach Record Highs
• March 2009, Vol. 6, Issue 2: Threats to State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs Seen
• February 2009, Vol. 6, Issue 1: Why Now? Some Want to Curb the Use of Generic Drugs

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