Big Pharma Loses Protest to New Price Ceiling

Big Pharma Loses Protest to New Price Ceiling

Filed under: drug addiction treatment act of 2000

This cap applied to drugs that the Defense Department procured directly and distributed to service members at military treatment facilities or through Tricare's mail-order pharmacy. … Thus the Defense Department paid the full retail cost at this …
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Voluntary Recalls of Pet Food From China Are Not Enough to Protect Nation's Pets

Filed under: drug addiction treatment act of 2000

"Yesterday, Nestle Purina Petcare Company announced it will recall their Waggin' Train and Canyon Creek Ranch dog treat brands and Delmonte announced it will recall its Milo's Chicken Jerky Treats and Chicken Grillers because of residues of an …
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Gangsters, Navy SEALs, zombies, wizards and fearsome giants fill the screens

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No, "Jurassic Park" is getting the 3-D treatment and so is "Top Gun." A fifth "Die Hard" installment … Here, he's a sheriff who traded LA for a sleepy border town where a drug kingpin happens to escape from an FBI prisoner convoy. "A Late Quartet …
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LSD Human Experimentation / Research Documentary Film – Experimental Compound MER 17 (Frenquel) and LSD-25: Psychosis. National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 – 12/04/1981). ARC Identifier 1634172 / Local Identifier 263.1057. This film examines human medical experiments to determine the efficacy of LSD-25 and MER 17 (Frenquel) on treating psychosis. Producer: National Archives and Records Administration. Creative Commons license: Public Domain Chemist Albert Hofmann, working at the Sandoz Corporation pharmaceutical laboratory in Switzerland, first synthesized LSD in 1938. He was conducting research on possible medical applications of various lysergic acid compounds derived from ergot, a fungus that develops on rye grass. Searching for compounds with therapeutic value, Hofmann created more than two dozen ergot-derived synthetic molecules. LSD is sold on the street in tablets, capsules, and occasionally in liquid form. It is an odorless and colorless substance with a slightly bitter taste that is usually ingested orally. It is often added to absorbent paper, such as blotter paper, and divided into small decorated squares, with each square representing one dose. CONTROL STATUS LSD is a Schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act. Schedule I drugs, which include heroin and MDMA, have a high potential for abuse and serve no legitimate medical purpose. Its two precursors lysergic acid and lysergic acid amide are both in Schedule III of the CSA. The LSD precursors ergotamine and ergonovine are