tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 36

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS: Your Patients Need Better Access To Drugs Under Part D, Groups Say

Patient advocacy groups also want improved drug safety through FDA.National patient-group leaders gathered on Capitol Hill on Sept. 26 to ask lawmakers for nearly $30 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in fiscal year 2007.The increased NIH funding--a 5-percent increase over funding for FY 2006--would help the NIH protect patients' access to drugs when new prescription drug safety measures come about, according to an announcement from the National Health Council (NHC)."Investing in NIH innovation translates into extending and improving lives, saving money, spurring our nation's economic growth and keeping America competitive,"...

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