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Anthem Still Weighing 2018 Obamacare Individual Participation

NEW YORK (Reuters)—Anthem Inc on Wednesday said its plans for selling 2018 Obamacare individual plans are still up in the air because of political and… [Read More]

In-Office Pharmacist Improves Patient Care

Would your patients and practice benefit from an on-site pharmacist? Jessica Farrell, PharmD, says a pharmacist enhances patient education and frees up a rheumatologist’s time, enabling them to see more patients and provide better all-around care… [Read More]

Adding Prednisone to Methotrexate May Be Helpful in Early RA

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Adding prednisone to methotrexate for early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) results in a lower initiation rate of a biologic, better radiographic outcomes and… [Read More]

U.K. Competition Watchdog Accuses Merck of Obstructing Biosimilars

LONDON (Reuters)—Britain’s competition watchdog has accused Merck & Co of operating an unfair discount scheme for its medicine Remicade (infliximab) that it said was designed… [Read More]

Heart Safety Clouds Hopes for Amgen, UCB Bone Drug Approval

(Reuters)—Amgen Inc. and UCB SA no longer expect their experimental osteoporosis drug to win U.S. approval this year after a higher rate of serious heart-related… [Read More]

U.S. Teaching Hospitals Are Expensive, But Have Lower Death Rates

(Reuters Health)—Academic medical centers, increasingly spurned by insurers for being more expensive than community hospitals, appear to have lower death rates for older adults than… [Read More]

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