Health Law

CA1: reselling prescription drugs causes loss
US v. Marti-Lon, No. 07-1040. This is an unlawful distribution of prescription drugs case. Essentially this shows how screwed up our prescription drug market is. ?The drug wholesalers then sold the drugs to Martí-Lón at a lower cost because Martí-Lón...

How much less do prescription meds cost in UK inquiring minds want to know
Summary of the data: Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) provides details of the number of items and the net ingredient cost of all prescriptions dispensed in the community in England...

AG Brown Goes After Prescription Drug Addicts
Prescription drug abuse is reaching epidemic proportions in the U.S. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health estimates that 20% to 30% of California’s drug abusers are addicted to prescription drugs...

National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse Report on Internet Activity Related to Controlled Prescription Drugs
News release: "Despite a decline in the number of Web sites advertising or selling controlled prescription drugs, like OxyContin and...

AG’s Plan Aims to Curb Prescription Drug Abuse
This week California Attorney General Edmund Brown announced a plan to curb prescription drug abuse. Prescription drugs are the most abused drugs in America, particularly among teens, young adults, women and seniors...

Co-Payments For Drugs That Have No Alternative.
Health Insurance Companies are reportedly introducing a new and higher co-payment into their plans. Policyholders who require expensive drugs that have no available generic will be paying a high percentage of the drugs' cost under these plans...

Bush Administration
class action settlement ensures Medicaid beneficiaries can continue to purchase prescription drugs at minimum cost when they become eligible for Medicare.

Online Medication Sites
Prescription Drugs Sold Without Prescriptions

Medical Errors
Annual Cost to Insurers Nearly $1.5 Billion

Antitrust
Price Fixing Could Cost Consumers up to $300 Billion Annually

Timberland
Unsolicited Text Messages Cost Company $7 Million

Lead Paint Violations
Cost Mattel, Fisher-Price $2.3 Million