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Aspirin, also known as acetylsalicylic acid ( ASA ), is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) used to reduce pain, fever, and/or inflammation, and as an antithrombotic. [10] Specific inflammatory conditions which aspirin is used to treat include Kawasaki disease, pericarditis, and rheumatic fever.
The core items are deemed to be the most cost-effective options for key health problems and are usable with little additional health care resources. The complementary items either require additional infrastructure such as specially trained health care providers or diagnostic equipment or have a lower cost–benefit ratio.
In 2003, data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey showed that only 9.5% of Americans with Medicare coverage had no prescription drug expenses, while 61.6% had prescription drug expenses up to $2,083, and 28.9% of those on Medicare had expenses higher than $2,084.
The FTC also investigated Humana Pharmacy Solutions, Prime Therapeutics and MedImpact Healthcare Systems. These six companies together control over 90% of the market.
Counterfeit medications. A counterfeit medication or a counterfeit drug is a medication or pharmaceutical item which is produced and sold with the intent to deceptively represent its origin, authenticity, or effectiveness. A counterfeit drug may contain inappropriate quantities of active ingredients, or none, may be improperly processed within ...
A federal appeals court has found unconstitutional a key component of the Affordable Care Act in a Texas lawsuit over an HIV-prevention drug.
CareFusion was created in 2009 as a spinoff of medical technology businesses from Cardinal Health. [1] It began publicly trading on the New York Stock Exchange on September 1, 2009. [2] Cardinal's core business was drug distribution, a low-margin and low-risk, predictable business, with which the higher-margin, higher-risk medical technology ...
Tuesday, Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) received more than $250 million in contract modifications from the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) at the United States ...