1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461372603321

Autore

Castellblanch Ramón <1948->

Titolo

Driving down the cost of drugs : battling big pharma in the statehouse / / Ramón Castellblanch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, Colorado ; ; London, [England] : , : FirstForumPress, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

1-62637-336-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Disciplina

368.38/24

Soggetti

Prescription pricing - California

Prescription pricing - Maine

Prescription pricing - Vermont

Drugs - Prices - California

Drugs - Prices - Maine

Drugs - Prices - Vermont

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; ch1-David, Goliath, and Prescription Drugs; ch2-How Drugs Got So Expensive; Getting Patent Privileges; Making the FDA a Partner and the Rise of the Blockbusters; Fighting Government Oversight and Exploiting the Blockbusters; The Blockbusters' Toll on America; ch3-Vermont Raises the Cry; The Road to S 300; 1999; S 300; Epilogue; ch4-As Goes Maine; Maine Background; Low-cost Drugs for the Elderly; Senate Leadership Commitments to Supporting Price Controls; Leinonen; Northeast Legislators; LD 2599; Industry Response

Public Support to the RescueKing-Pingree Negotiations; Maine Rx; PhRMA v. Concannon; Maine Rx Plus; Postscript; ch5-PhRMA Tries Stopping State Action; PhRMA Political Spending in the Early 2000s; Post-Maine Rx State and Local Legislation; PhRMA's Turn to Congress; Industry Building Its Economic Power; Advocates' Continued Fighting after Part D; ch6-So Goes California; California Overview; 1999-2003; 2004: Legislative Leadership Taking the Stage; The Rise of Tension



between the Governor and Legislative Leadership; 2005; 2006; Making a Deal; Implementation Delayed

ch7-Politically Organizing for Access to MedicinesHearing Voters' Righteous Indignation; Allying with Powerful Progressive Organizations; Politically Isolating the Pharmaceutical Industry; "Framing" after Righteous Indignation; Inferences beyond Fighting for Medicines; Implications for US Health Policy; Appendix: Useful Websites on Health Care Policy and Politics; Bibliography; Index; About the Book

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910317765903321

Titolo

Prions : Some Physiological and Pathophysiological Aspects / / edited by Ivo Nikolaev  Sirakov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, United Kingdom : , : IntechOpen, , 2019

ISBN

1-83881-768-9

1-78985-018-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (82 pages) : illustrations some color

Disciplina

579.29

Soggetti

Prion diseases

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.