Thailand mulls expanding generic drugs program
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The Thai government, which has clashed with Western pharmaceutical giants over expensive patented drugs, said Monday it is considering approving more cheap generic versions of pricey medicines.
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MEXICO CITY - Technological advances that help drug companies churn out highly profitable prescription medications must also be applied to improving public health care around the globe, a World Health Organization report released Wednesday says.
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WASHINGTON -- Efforts to allow Americans access to cheaper prescription drugs from abroad should blossom once Democrats assume control in Congress, but the issue won't be a top priority, lawmakers and healthcare experts said.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on  Thursday said it will expand a program offering generic drugs  for $4 per prescription throughout Florida on Friday, and said  it may bring the program to other U.S. states by the end of the  year.
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Five nations launched an   initiative on Tuesday to raise at least $300 million next year   to buy generic drugs at steep volume discounts to fight AIDS,   tuberculosis and malaria in developing countries.
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The World Health Organization has for the first time asked the maker of the anti-bird flu drug Tamiflu to ready the global stockpile after human-to-human transmission was suspected in a family cluster in Indonesia, a WHO official said Saturday.
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WASHINGTON -- Biotechnology lobbyists attempting to slow the development of cheap generic versions of the world's most expensive drugs have been emphasizing questions about their safety in an effort to win support among the new Democratic leaders of Congress.
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Total Access Communications, Thailand's second-largest mobile phone operator, said it intends to spend Bt30bn ($853m) to expand its network in rural areas over the next three years, in spite of political and economic uncertainties.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Thursday it has added more medicine to its $4 prescription program, including certain new generic drugs, as part of its push to expand its health and wellness services.
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Thailand, which has upset big drug companies by issuing patent-overriding licenses for generic versions of heart and HIV/AIDS pills, said on Monday it would issue more unless the firms cut prices.
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Thailand may break more patents of Western drugmakers by adding copycat versions of four cancer medicines into the nation&#39;s generic drug programs, a health official said Monday.
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U.S. prescription drug sales rose 8.3 percent to $274 billion last year, fueled by the Medicare drug benefit, increased use of generic medicines and new treatments for diseases such as cancer and diabetes, according to a new report.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Friday called for enhanced collaboration efforts among Asian countries in fighting bird flu, especially on epidemiological surveillance in humans and animals.
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Thailand, which has stunned major drug makers by overriding patents, will review the compulsory licenses announced by the previous military-appointed government, Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsap said on Thursday.
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The market might overlook the drug maker's promising programs.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 30  (IPS) - The struggle to make medicines affordable to the  worldâs poor, especially in Africa, is raging on at the highest  levels. Last week the European Commission took a landmark  decision on generic drugs and next week a high-level  intergovernmental meeting will look at ways to prevent patents  from blocking access to drugs.
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Drug makers are exploring the possibility of tying pharmaceutical prices to performance.