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		<title>PhRMA Criticizes Obama’s New Budget For Requiring More Rebates on Prescription Drugs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“President Obama just released next year’s budget proposal and it has already sparked fierce criticism from the pharmaceutical industry. That’s because the plan would require Big Pharma to give an additional $156 billion in drug rebates over the next decade.”    This news comes from RxRight.org’s latest blog post, entitled Big Pharma balks at President’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Warns Patients and Healthcare Practices about Counterfeit Avastin</title>
		<link>http://pharmacycheckerblog.com/fda-warns-patients-and-healthcare-practices-about-counterfeit-avastin</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Rode, PharmacyChecker.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the FDA, a counterfeit version of Avastin 400mg/16mL, a cancer treatment injectable medication, is being distributed in the United States, and “may have been purchased and used by some medical practices in the United States.” The fake drug “is labeled as Avastin, manufactured by Roche”, but it does not contain the medicine&#8217;s active [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Phone App to Help Americans Save at U.S. Pharmacies</title>
		<link>http://pharmacycheckerblog.com/new-phone-app-to-help-americans-save-at-u-s-pharmacies</link>
		<comments>http://pharmacycheckerblog.com/new-phone-app-to-help-americans-save-at-u-s-pharmacies#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Rode, PharmacyChecker.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new and portable strategy for saving money on prescription drugs has just hit the market with the LowestMed app from LowestMed.com. Our research finds that the most substantial savings consumers can expect are for generic medications, but far less so when it comes to expensive brand named drugs. To help American consumers “Find the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare Enrollees Should Be Given a Chance to Switch Part D Plans, Say U.S. Pharmacists</title>
		<link>http://pharmacycheckerblog.com/medicare-enrollees-should-be-given-a-chance-to-switch-part-d-say-u-s-pharmacists</link>
		<comments>http://pharmacycheckerblog.com/medicare-enrollees-should-be-given-a-chance-to-switch-part-d-say-u-s-pharmacists#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Rode, PharmacyChecker.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Medical News reported last week, “Pharmacists have called on the agency overseeing the Medicare program to allow patients to switch their prescription drug plans outside of the normal open enrollment season after beneficiaries say they were misled by insurers.” This would mean a second chance for patients who feel they were not given all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Candidate Rick Santorum Defends High Drug Prices In America</title>
		<link>http://pharmacycheckerblog.com/candidate-rick-santorum-defends-high-drug-prices-in-america</link>
		<comments>http://pharmacycheckerblog.com/candidate-rick-santorum-defends-high-drug-prices-in-america#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Levitt, Vice President, PharmacyChecker.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During a recent campaign appearance in front of a Tea Party crowd, as reported by ABC News, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum told a mother and her sick son that high drug costs are fair because they are determined by free market forces. It appears that Mr. Santorum doesn’t understand the crisis of prescription drug [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Access to Safe and Affordable Medication Protected by Postponement of Vote on Overreaching Online Piracy Legislation</title>
		<link>http://pharmacycheckerblog.com/access-to-safe-and-affordable-medication-protected-by-postponement-of-vote-on-overreaching-online-piracy-legislation</link>
		<comments>http://pharmacycheckerblog.com/access-to-safe-and-affordable-medication-protected-by-postponement-of-vote-on-overreaching-online-piracy-legislation#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Rode, PharmacyChecker.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Americans who cannot, or struggle to, afford their medications scored a victory last week when the bills known as SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect Intellectual Property Act) were postponed indefinitely. The bills contained language that imperiled access to safe non-U.S. online pharmacies, including PharmacyChecker-approved websites. We addressed the main issues and growing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressional Online Piracy Legislation Faces Tidal Wave of Opposition</title>
		<link>http://pharmacycheckerblog.com/congressional-online-piracy-legislation-faces-tidal-wave-of-opposition</link>
		<comments>http://pharmacycheckerblog.com/congressional-online-piracy-legislation-faces-tidal-wave-of-opposition#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Levitt, Vice President, PharmacyChecker.com</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Online Pharmacies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Americans, who struggle with the high cost of prescription medication and buy prescription drugs from safe non-U.S. online pharmacies, should include their voice in the swelling opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) before Congress. SOPA and its counterpart legislation in the Senate, the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA), target reputable international online pharmacies, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online Pharmacy Telephone Scam Alert Reported</title>
		<link>http://pharmacycheckerblog.com/online-pharmacy-telephone-scam-alert-reported</link>
		<comments>http://pharmacycheckerblog.com/online-pharmacy-telephone-scam-alert-reported#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Rode, PharmacyChecker.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buyer beware! Or, more accurately, buyer, don’t buy when you receive an unsolicited phone call from someone trying to sell you medication! Recently, a consumer reported her experience with a costly online pharmacy scam to PharmacyChecker.com. The site visitor, who received a phone call from a website she identified as RX-Refill (or, RXREFILL) wrote: “I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“RxRights Responds to Washington Post Article” – As Featured on RxRights.org</title>
		<link>http://pharmacycheckerblog.com/rxrights-responds-to-washington-post-article-as-featured-on-rxrights-org</link>
		<comments>http://pharmacycheckerblog.com/rxrights-responds-to-washington-post-article-as-featured-on-rxrights-org#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Rode, PharmacyChecker.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we’d like to feature content from our ally RxRights.org, a non-profit group dedicated to protecting access to safe and affordable personal drug importation through verified online pharmacies: Lee Graczyk, RxRights lead organizer, felt compelled to respond to a recent Washington Post editorial about the problem of Internet piracy and the legislation that has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Popular OTC Medicines Recalled Due to Manufacturing Problems At U.S. Plant</title>
		<link>http://pharmacycheckerblog.com/popular-otc-medicines-recalled-due-to-manufacturing-problems-at-u-s-plant</link>
		<comments>http://pharmacycheckerblog.com/popular-otc-medicines-recalled-due-to-manufacturing-problems-at-u-s-plant#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Rode, PharmacyChecker.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While PharmacyChecker.com’s main focus is on safe and affordable prescription medication, we are aware that many of our website visitors also take over-the-counter (OTC) products. It’s important to bring to their attention safety issues with OTC products, as we have done in the past. We want to point out that some popular OTC medicines in [...]]]></description>
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