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By Andrew Perretti
I want to congratulate The Vesties
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Medco Settles Drug-Switching
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Company Will Pay $29 Million to Settle Charges
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April 26, 2004
Medco has agreed to pay $29.3 million to settle a case that accused
the giant pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) of violating 20 states
consumer protection laws with its "drug-switching" practices.
Medco, a Merck spinoff, was accused of improperly hiking prices,
switching prescriptions to favor certain drugs, including Merck's, and
engaging in other practices aimed at boosting its profits. It will pay the
states $6.6 million to pay for the cost of the investigation and an
average of $1 million apiece in cash or prescription drugs for
low-income, elderly or disabled consumers.
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Switching Epilepsy Drugs Carries Risk
A study featured in the late August issue of Neurology concluded that switching
from brand name medications to generic seizure medications can result in toxic
side effects or loss of seizure control in some epilepsy patients, according to the
Epilepsy Foundation.
The study authors from the University of Florida in Gainseville examined 24
healthy volunteers in a single-dose, two-way crossover study of generic and
brand name formulations of the same epilepsy medication. The bioavailability
(the amount of a medication's active ingredient present in the blood following a
given dose) of the generic brand administered with food was 13 per cent lower
than observed with the brand name drug. As a result, in 46 per cent of the people
studied, the levels of generic medication were below the therapeutic range.
According to the Epilepsy Foundation, this means that those people no longer
would have enough of the medication in their bodies to control seizures.
The Epilepsy Foundation advises that brand name medications not be
substituted for generics without the permission of the physician and patient.
However, the foundation also expressed recognition of the need to take
advantage of savings from generic forms of epilepsy medications and has urged
the Food and Drug Administration to require that generic products show closer
bioavailability to the standard brand and to each other to reduce the risk of
seizure breakthroughs or intolerable side effects if patients are switched from
one product to another.
The Sting II
(Editorial)
"Drug Switching Study
Finds Increase in Heart
Problems among Patients
on Generic Drugs..."
In the Redford classic The
Sting, a group of confidence
men band together to pull a
bait and switch. A con game
like that, can land you in jail.
However, the old "bait and
switch" has taken on a whole
new dimension now that the
multi-billion dollar healthcare
industry is engaging in a
confidence game with
pharmacies to save a few
dollars. Is there any
difference?
This is the first installment of
in depth coverage planned
for this important issue that in
my opinion is no different
than the aforementioned con
games popularized by the
Redford movie.
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POLLYTALK FROM NEW
YORK by Polly Guerin >more
NEW YORK, NEW YORK: IT'S A
WONDERFUL TOWN
"New York New York It's a
Wonderful Town, the Bronx is Up
and the Batteries' Down, the
People Live in a Hole in the
Ground," as Leonard Bernstein's
memorable musical proclaimed
New York is indeed a wonderful
town. As we see the starched
whites parading the streets, Fleet
Week's Navy and tourists take
double-decker tours to sightsee,
and experience the restaurants
and nightlife. Amid all the
merriment New York's summer
party goes on with plenty to do this
week.
Superheroes: Fashion and
Fantasy, Metropolitan Museum of
Art's Costume Institute presents a
comic-worthy show peppered with
real action figures that portray as
Andrew Bolton, curator said "how
the superhero is overarching
metaphor for fashion, sharing its
obsession with the body, identity
and transformation." The
exhibition includes movie
costumes, avant-garde haute
couture, and high-performance
sportswear to reveal how the
superhero serves as the ultimate
metaphor of fashion and its ability
to empower and transform the
human body. Keynote speaker,
Giorgio Armani said, "Fashion, like
the superhero, allows you to
dream and escape into a world of
unfettered imagination." Gotta Go
Girl cause Oh Boy it's a fantastic
venue. www.metmuseum.org.
PS: Don't miss American artist Jeff
Koons installation of whimsical
sculptures on the Iris and B.
Gerald Cantor Roof Garden. Till
Oct. 26.
Gallery hopping and summer in
the city brings us to the Western
Chelsea's A.I.R. (Artists in
Residence) gallery where
emerging artists take center stage
with Anita Ragusa's New York, Ann
Pachner's "No Thing," drawings
and prints, and Leslie Kneisel's
Adventures in the Land of Karata,
Opening reception Thursday, May
29th from 6-8 PM. Exhibit till June
21. 511 W. 25th St.
www.airgallery.org. Check it out,
go earlier in the day and press on
through the Chelsea galleries to
Tibor de Nagy's historic show of
Jess, Marlborough's Hunt Slonem
serial painting of birds and saints,
and Darina Karpov's
science-fiction-y landscapes at
Pierogi 2000 to name a few.
Download a FREE 48-page ADAA
(Art Dealers Association of
America) guide at
www.artdealers.org.
MOMA's "Take Your Time" exhibit
of Danish-Icelandic artist
Olafur Eliasson takes you on a
journey of light at both their New
York location and at P.S. l in
Queens. Either place take a color
lift and immerse yourself in
amazing color through Olafur's
room-size installations such as his
circular "360" room for all colors.
www.moma.org.
"Arbiters of Style: Women in the
Forefront of Fashion," at The
Museum at the Fashion Institute of
Technology, pays homage to a
lineup of 50 "Tastemakers," the
fashion cognoscenti, designers,
muses, clientele, magazine editors
who shaped the course of style
over the past 250 years. Diana
Vreeland, super editor and style
icon during her Vogue days said it
all, "Fashion must be the most
intoxicating release from the
banality of the world." Other
notables include Carolina Herrera,
Coco Chanel, Denise Poiret and
Claire McCardell. Till Nov. 8.
Corner 7th Ave. at 27th St. FREE
www.fitnyc.edu/museum.
Here's the Fashion Scoop: C'N'C
Costume National designer
Ennio Capasa has come up the
chic and portable Solar Bag, in
which fine strips of mini solar
panels provide power to a supply
concealed in the lining of the
handbag to recharge your
BlackBerry or iPhone.
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Polly Talk (continued)
Check it out.
www.costumenational.com.
Takashi Murakami is
popping up in Brooklyn
Museum's retrospective of
the internationally
acclaimed, contemporary
Japanese artist's big bold
humorous, cartoonistic,
and flashy paintings,
sculptures, and animation
that entertains and may
sometimes offend. But
really guys you've got to
see this to believe it. The
child in us all will love it.
Murakami blends the bright
palette of pop, the flatness
of anime, and the ominous
dreams of surrealism in
monumental works. Till July
13.
www.brooklynmuseum.org.
I feel like kicking my heels
up and singing New York's
praises. Golly, gee
wonders be told "It's a
Wonderful Town."
Chat with you next week.
www.pollytalk.com.
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