NY Mayor Bloomberg to Limit Supply of Pain Medication in City Hospitals

Published January 11, 2013

NY Mayor Bloomberg to limit supply of pain medication in city hospitals

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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled a new initiative Thursday to limit the supply of painkillers to the city's emergency rooms in hopes of reducing prescription drug addiction. Under the new city policy, most public hospital patients will no …
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Pfizer weighs FDA fast track of billion cancer drug

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Pfizer Inc. is weighing whether to ask U.S. regulators to expedite their review of a potential $ 5 billion-a-year treatment to slow a type of incurable breast cancer. The therapy, called PD 0332991, generated excitement among oncologists in … The FDA …
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Flu more widespread in US; eases off in Florida

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Flu was widespread in 47 states last week, up from 41 the week before, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday. Many cases may be mild. The only … Hyrmete Sciuto, of Edgewater, N.J., got a flu shot Friday at a New York City …
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Drug war loses again at the ballot box

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The drug war also has resulted in increasingly militarized police departments, with a resulting erosion of civil liberties as authorities treat a social issue as if it were a military campaign. Unfortunately, federal officials seem unlikely to follow …
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