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Stuart, B. et al. (2000), Issues in prescription drug coverage, pricing, utilization and spending what we know and need to know , report prepared for US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy and Evaluation, Office of Health Policy, Washington, DC, February, accessed at http //www.aspe.hhs.gov/health/reports/drugstudy/appa.htm. 

Source Food and Drug Administration. Prescription Drug User Fee Rates for Fiscal Year 2007. http //www.fda,gov/ohrms/dockets/98fr/E6-12397.pdf [accessed September 12,2007]. 

Kaiser Family Foundation. 2005. Prescription Drug Coverage for Medicare Beneficiaries A Summary of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. AvaUahle at www.klf.org/medicare/6112.cfm. Last accessed November 5,2005. 

Toop, Les, Dee Richards, Tony Dowell, Murray TUyard, Tony Fraser, and Bruce Arrol. 2003. Direct to Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs in New Zealand For Health or for Profit Report to the Minister of Health Supporting the Case for a Ban on DTCA, February. Available at www.chmeds.ac.nz/report.pdf. Last accessed April 30, 2005. 

NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse). NIDA InfoFacts Prescription Pain and Other Medication, Prescription Medications, Selected Prescription Drugs with Potential for Abuse. Available online at http //www.drugabuse.gov/infofacts/PainMed.html. Accessed June 2, 2006. 

Draft guidance for Industry labeling for human prescription drug and biological products-implementing the new content and format requirements http // www.fda.gov/cder/guidance/6005 dft.pdf (accessed January 27, 2006). 

Although concerns about the high cost of prescription drugs and the lack of access to needed drugs dominate much of the discussion, others point to the opposite problems. They say the benefits of prescription drugs are overstated or overhyped. The public has too much access to prescription drugs... 

This legislation amended the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the regulation of prescription drugs (as well as medical devices and food). The law notes that the PDUFA of 1992 successfully reduced review times and reauthorized the user fees to expedite the review process. Other provisions aimed to give some patients access to experimental drugs. Beyond that, the law made several other changes. 

May 8 Hackers gain access to prescription drug records of 8 million Virginia patients listed in the state s Drug Monitoring Program and cause concern about the release of private information. 

Almanac of Policy Issues. Prescription Drugs Accessibility and Prices. Available online. URL http //www.policyalmanac.org/health/archive/ prescription drugs.shtml. Downloaded June 17, 2009. This excerpt from a 2000 report sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services describes several problems that patients face in gaining access to... 

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