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Pfizer's Viagra Faces FDA Review for Use in Children With Lung Condition
July 27, 2010
NIH Takes On New Role in Fight Against Rare Diseases
July 24, 2010
NORD Testifies Before Senate HELP Committee
July 21, 2010
A Great Win for Rare Diseases in U.S. Senate Appropriation Bill
July 15, 2010
Regulatory Flexibility
July 02, 2010
FDA Database Aims to Spark Orphan-Disease Drug Development
June 18, 2010
EXCLUSIVE: Pfizer plans to move fast on rare disease pacts
June 17, 2010
Good news for rare disease?
June 15, 2010
THE CHILDREN'S RARE DISEASE NETWORK LAUNCHES VALUABLE INFORMATIONAL BLOG
June 9, 2010
FDA Grants Orphan Drug Status For Cyclodextrin Compound To Treat Fatal Genetic Cholesterol Disease
May 17, 2010
Genetic Sequencing Kit Catches Rare Mutation for TARP Syndrome
May 15, 2010
Parents of child with rare illness aim to help
April 26, 2010
AltheaDx and The Nicholas Conor Institute for Pediatric Cancer Research Announce Molecular Diagnostics Collaboration to Improve the Diagnosis and Treatment of Childhood Cancer
April 19, 2010
Cooking with the Genzyme Recipe: New Players Funding Rare Disease Drugs in Boston
April 12, 2010
PhRMA Honors Patient Advocates Ron and Raychel Bartek
March 18, 2010
A Legacy For and Beyond Batten Disease
March 16, 2010
Study opens new avenue for developing treatments for genetic muscle-wasting disease
March 15, 2010
Novato's BioMarin finds niche and growing quickly
March 13, 2010
First whole genome sequencing of family of 4 reveals new genetic power
March 10, 2010
Push to Cure Rare Diseases
March 10, 2010
NIH-Funded Research Study
March 8, 2010
250 Million People Worldwide Estimated to Suffer From Rare Disease
March 8, 2010
GENE THERAPY REVERSES EFFECTS OF LETHAL CHILDHOOD MUSCLE DISORDER IN MICE
February 28, 2010
CHI SUPPORTS RESEARCH AND HOPE FOR PATIENTS OF RARE DISEASES
February 25, 2010
RARE DISEASE ADVOCATES UNITE TO TRANSLATE SLOGAN OF GLOBAL GENES PROJECT IN TIME FOR WORLD RARE DISEASE DAY!
February 25, 2010
reco® jeans SUPPORTS CHILDREN WITH RARE DISEASES
February 23, 2010
MILLIONS AROUND WORLD TO OBSERVE RARE DISEASE DAY ON SUNDAY
February 23, 2010
GLOBAL GENES PROJECT TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR MILLIONS OF CHILDREN LIVING WITH RARE DISEASE
February 1, 2010
GALAPAGOS TO FOCUS ON RARE DISEASES IN STRATEGIC SHIFT
January 26, 2010
THE PATIENT ASCENDANT
January 18, 2010
FUTURE OF NEWBORN SCREENING ENVISIONED: PROCEEDINGS NOW VIEWABLE ONLINE
January 7, 2010
HUNTING NEWBORN TESTS FOR SUPER-RARE GENE DISEASES
January 5, 2010
THE LONELINESS OF FIGHTING A RARE CANCER
January 5, 2010
DONATE GAMES CHARITY CONNECTS COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE
December 21, 2009
DONATEGAMES TURNS USED VIDEO-GAMES INTO FUNDING FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH TO HELP KIDS
November 25, 2009
CHILDREN'S RARE DISEASE NETWORK RECEIVES LIFE TECHNOLOGIES FOUNDATION GRANT
November 17, 2009
BABY Z CURED OR RARE DISEASE IN 3 DAYS
November 11, 2009
SOCIAL NETWORKING SAVIORS: TWITTER, FACEBOOK USED IN EFFORT TO HELP SAVE A BABY'S LIFE
October 29, 2009
U.S. AND EUROPEAN RARE DISEASE ORGANIZATIONS SIGN STRATEGIC ALLIANCE
October 28, 2009
RARE DISEASE CENTER HOSTS SYMPOSIUM ON NEW STRATEGIES
October 27, 2009
RARE FIND
October 23, 2009
NEW FDA GROUPS FOR RARE, NEGLECTED DISEASES COULD SPEED PATH TO MARKET
October 12, 2009
ARNOLD NATIVE TO RUN ACROSS SAHARA DESERT
August 18, 2009
CAMP SUNDOWN SHINES IN THE BRONX
August 13, 2009
RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY NEW FUNCTION FOR PROTEIN MISSING IN DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
August 4, 2009
AMERICANS STRUGGLE TO PAY FOR HEALTHCARE: STUDY
June 22, 2009
DEAL REACHED TO CUT DRUG COSTS
June 20, 2009
ONE GIRL'S HOPE, A NATION'S DILEMMA
June 14, 2009
IN RARE DISEASE, A FAMILIAR PROTEIN DISRUPTS GENE FUNCTION
May 26, 2009
NEW INSTITUTE WILL STUDY RARE DISEASE
May 20, 2009
UNC-DUKE STUDY: IMPAIRED BRAIN PLASTICITY LINKED TO ANGELMAN SYNDROME LEARNING DEFICITS
May 10, 2009
TO MAKE PROGRESS IN RARE CANCERS, PATIENTS MUST LEAD THE WAY
May 9, 2009
MO. VOTES TO ADD 5 DISEASES TO NEWBORN SCREENINGS
May 9, 2009
SIGNATURE GENOMIC LABORATORIES DETECTS CHROMOSOME ABNORMALITIES IN INDIVIDUALS WITH PALLISTER-KILLIAN SYNDROME WITHOUT INVASIVE SKIN BIOPSY
May 7, 2009
MIRACLE FOR MATTHEW
May 5, 2009
SHRINKING BABY MAGGIE AGNEW BAFFLES DOCTORS
May 4, 2009
DEAL REACHED TO CUT DRUG COSTS
June 20, 2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Drug manufacturers will offer some $80 billion in prescription discounts for Medicare recipients under a deal unveiled on Saturday, which could boost President Barack Obama as he pushes to overhaul the $2.5 trillion U.S. healthcare system.
"The agreement reached today to lower prescription drug costs for seniors will be an important part of the legislation I expect to sign into law in October," Obama said in formally announcing the pact.
The companies have agreed to provide for the next decade a 50 percent discount for those elderly and disabled Americans in the Medicare health insurance program who face a gap in coverage after their drug costs reach a certain level, known as the "doughnut hole".
"The existence of this gap in coverage has been a continuing injustice that has placed a great burden on many seniors," Obama said in a statement. Medicare coverage does not apply to payments between $2,700 and $6,154.
The deal was negotiated between the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America industry association and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus who is leading one of many congressional panels drafting healthcare legislation.
"This commitment to support legislation that will help close the coverage gap reflects our ongoing work with Congress and the Administration to make comprehensive health care reform a reality this year," the industry group said in a statement.
UNINSURED AMERICANS
Costs for healthcare have soared faster than the inflation rate and the Democratic president has pledged to work to curb those costs as well as find a way to provide coverage to the 46 million uninsured Americans.
Americans strongly support fundamental changes to the healthcare system and a move to create a government-run insurance plan to compete with private insurers, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll published on Saturday.
The White House has said some $950 billion in cuts have been found to cover its reform efforts but there are reports that the costs could reach as much as $1.6 trillion and still not cover everyone, setting off a fierce debate on how to close the gap.
That has given Republicans an opening to attack, particularly since Americans are growing worried about the eye-popping record budget deficits facing the country -- more than $1.8 trillion in fiscal 2009 alone.
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives proposed a draft of their healthcare bill on Friday that calls for all citizens to be able to get insurance regardless of medical history and that coverage should be mandatory for individuals and businesses.
They would create a new government plan to help cover the uninsured -- a move backed by Obama but resisted by Republicans and some centrist Democrats who fear it will overwhelm private insurers and require vast amounts of public funding.
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