Online shopping surges with East Coast storms
Online sales surged 13 percent over the final weekend of the holiday shopping season, spurred by storms on the East Coast that forced consumers to stay at home, according to ComScore Inc... Bloomberg

NCPA urges Medicare to extend DMEPOS accreditation deadline
With January 1 fast approaching and Congress still debating healthcare-reform legislation, the National Community Pharmacists Association on Tuesday sent a letter to the acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services asking the agency to delay the accreditation deadline for Medicare Part B durable medical equipment, orthotics, prosthetics and supplies, or to at least suspend enforcement...
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• CVS goes to Generation Health for Caremark head Google News/Associated Press
• P&G recalls DayQuil not in child-proof packaging Reuters
• Hazelnuts recalled by Whole Foods, others on salmonella risk Progressive Grocer
• Wine-vending machines planned for PA grocers Progressive Grocer
• Nestle warned by U.S. over kids' beverage marketing Bloomberg
• Retailers reveal their after-Christmas sales Wall Street Journal (Sub Req'd)
• 'Super Saturday' retail sales, foot traffic fall Chain Store Age (Sub Req'd)

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• FluSTAR National Report as of 12/22/2009 Roche Laboratories Inc.
• Rx Origin Code Reminder MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc.
• CMS Non-matched NDC List Communication MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc.
• Coming Soon... Welchol(TM) (colesevelam HCl) for Oral Suspension Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.

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AstraZeneca’s swine flu nasal spray recalled for lower potency
AstraZeneca Plc recalled 4.7 million doses of its nasal spray version of the swine flu vaccine after routine tests showed a decline in potency, U.S. regulators said. The doses remain safe, and people who have already been inoculated don’t need to get vaccinated again, said Norman Baylor, director of vaccines research and review for the FDA...
Bloomberg

Pfizer jury said to set Prempro punitive damages at $8M
Jurors said in 2007 that a Pfizer Inc. unit should pay more than $8 million in punitive damages to a woman who blamed the company’s menopause drugs for her breast cancer, according to people familiar with the sealed figure...
Bloomberg (Sub Req'd)

• Sanofi buys Chattem for $1.9B Fierce Pharma
• AstraZeneca sharpens focus on ethics Wall Street Journal (Sub Req'd)
• Vytorin Update: Cancer risk, generic challenge Wall Street Journal (Sub Req'd)
• Assessing the chances for the next wave of obesity drugs New York Times (Sub Req'd)
• Merck recruits ex-CDC chief as vaccine leader Fierce Pharma
• White House: Re-importation isn't dead Fierce Pharma

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The virtual visit may expand access to doctors
Americans could soon be able to see a doctor without getting out of bed, in a modern-day version of the house call that takes place over the Web...
New York Times (Sub Req'd)

At least 60 million in U.S. have had swine flu shot: CDC
At least 60 million people in the United States have been vaccinated against swine flu, and children are twice as likely as adults to have been inoculated, a top health official said Tuesday...
Yahoo News/AFP

• Feds mull regulating drugs in water Yahoo/Associated Press
• Teen births rise for second year WebMD
• Pain before gain in health care overhaul Google News/Associated Press
• 'Good' cholesterol less protective with diabetes Reuters
• Texas to destroy baby blood taken without consent Google News/Associated Press
• Audit says NY wasted $92M on Medicaid New York Times (Sub Req'd)

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September 30, 2009
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