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The brave new world of health care
WHAT IT MEANS AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT — This is the beginning of the brave new world of health care — POST-reform. Because regardless of the direction health reform takes — whether it’s ObamaCare, RomneyCare or the Man-in-the-Moon-Care, there seems to be universal agreement that something needs to be done to improve access and affordability to care.
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Proposed FDA policy could provide route for OTC statin sales, expand pharmacist role
WHAT IT MEANS AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT — One of the long-term goals of many drug companies has been to win Food and Drug Administration approval for cholesterol-lowering statins as over-the-counter drugs. But it's a goal that has long eluded them due to the agency's concerns about patient safety.
(THE NEWS: FDA mulls making some prescription drugs available over the counter. For the full story, click here.)