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Healthcare spending will continue to grow more quickly than the economy over the next decade as more Americans join government-provided healthcare programs, according to a report from economists at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
The healthcare advocacy group Community Catalyst has begun what it says is the first comprehensive campaign to conduct and publicize research on potential conflicts of interest arising from the $12 billion spent annually on pharmaceutical marketing directed at physicians.
Members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce requested more information from the FDA regarding its approval of the antibiotic Ketek following a subcommittee hearing on the agency's drug approval process.
Watson Pharmaceuticals has agreed to license its bupropion hydrochloride absorption method patent for $35 million as part of a settlement to resolve patent litigation regarding GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) Wellbutrin XL.
Five countries and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have committed $1.5 billion to supply children in the world's poorest nations with new vaccines for pneumococcal disease.
The FDA denied Public Citizen's request to remove Roche's prescription weight-loss drug Xenical from the market over concerns it could contribute to colon cancer.
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) is praising President Bush's proposed fiscal 2008 budget, but requested that Congress increase funding for the FDA.