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Cost of heroin antidote Narcan soars, and Christie’s A.G. takes notice http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/04/cost_of_narcan_shoots_up_christies_ag_takes_notice.html The state attorney general’s office will look into the soaring retail price of the heroin overdose antidote Narcan, acting Attorney General Robert Lougy told NJ Advance Media on Monday.  Appearing at Hoboken University Medical Center Monday afternoon at a training session for friends and family […]

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Pitt professor works to get accurate, detailed drug overdose information http://www.witf.org/news/2016/04/pitt-professor-works-to-get-accurate-detailed-drug-overdose-information.php (Harrisburg) — Getting a true sense of the impact of the opioid crisis is difficult in Pennsylvania. WITF has reported that the state doesn’t have up-to-date, accurate information. But one professor is making an effort to provide more help. Professor Jeanine Buchanich at the […]

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The Insurance Companies’ Latest Target: Specialty Drugs http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-alexander/the-insurance-companies-l_b_9772944.html Read the headlines these days and you’d think the health insurance companies are going broke. It’s true most insurers offering Obamacare are losing money on it. UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest insurer, announced it will all but exit Obamacare next year because of those loses. But insurance […]

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