INSIGHTS AND PERSPECTIVES

'60 Minutes' examines counterfeit drug problem
NEW YORK — "Fake drugs are a big threat and an exploding threat," Kumar Kibble, deputy director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, told the news program "60 Minutes" in a segment that appeared Sunday night.
Boiron: Room for growth in homeopathic medicines sales
ANAHEIM, Calif. — According to a study presented Friday at the Natural Products Expo West, Boiron has found there is substantial opportunity for growth in the retail sales of homeopathic medicines with notable interest among consumers in trying homeopathic medicines.

Nearly half of all consumers have used a natural or alternative medicine successfully in the past, and there is strong consumer desire to minimize their usage of traditional over-the-counter medications because of safety and purity concerns.

GSK, Tolerx's late-stage trial for otelixizumab doesn't meet endpoints

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A late-stage trial of a biologic treatment for Type 1 diabetes appears to have failed, according to results announced Friday.
Use of green services on the rise

CHICAGO — Consumers are just as interested in utilizing green services as they are in purchasing green products, according to new Mintel research.
NCPA's Jaeger responds to federal report identifying Medicare Part D overpayments

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A report by the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General found that beneficiary premiums in the Medicare Part D prescription drug program are higher than than they should be, due to overpayments to plan sponsors, including pharmacy benefit managers.
DiabetesMine launches 2011 design challenge

SAN FRANCISCO — An informational and community website for people with diabetes has kicked off its fourth annual design challenge, a Web-based competition that calls for fresh ideas for new devices, Web applications or other instruments designed to help people live better with the disease.
Survey: NACo Rx discount cardholders save bundles

WOONSOCKET, R.I., and WASHINGTON — Patients that participated in a prescription discount card program created by the National Association of Counties saved more than $107 million on their medications in 2010, a new survey released by CVS Caremark and NACo found.

What's more, CVS Caremark and NACo noted, the average discount per prescription was about 24%.
Lilly head continues call for medical innovation

TOKYO — Eli Lilly leader John Lechleiter has become something of an evangelist for medical innovation lately.

On Wednesday, the Lilly chairman, president and CEO spoke to the U.S./Japan Business Council in Tokyo to call for changes and policies in the biopharmaceutical industry that encourage innovation, or “reinventing invention,” as he called it.
Survey: St. Patrick's Day will boost retail spending

WASHINGTON — A popular Irish holiday may give retailers some luck.
Mintel: 'Skimp and splash attitude' noted among U.K. beauty shoppers

NEW YORK — Economic uncertainties may have prompted beauty mavens to develop a "skimp and splash attitude," whereby their consumer behaviors have changed for the long term.

'60 Minutes' examines counterfeit drug problem

Boiron: Room for growth in homeopathic medicines sales

GSK, Tolerx's late-stage trial for otelixizumab doesn't meet endpoints

Use of green services on the rise

NCPA's Jaeger responds to federal report identifying Medicare Part D overpayments

DiabetesMine launches 2011 design challenge

Survey: NACo Rx discount cardholders save bundles

Lilly head continues call for medical innovation

Survey: St. Patrick's Day will boost retail spending

Mintel: 'Skimp and splash attitude' noted among U.K. beauty shoppers