Merck to offer free medicines for low-income patients

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Pharmaceutical firm Merck & Co. Inc. announced February 12, 2004 that it would provide its medicines for free to low-income Medicare beneficiaries who had exhausted the US$600 limit on their drug benefit cards. Merck's offer was in anticipation of a range of new Medicare-approved drug-discount cards due spring 2004, and about 4.7 million senior citizens are expected to be eligible for the US$600 annual allowance toward drug costs on the government-endorsed discount cards.

Pharmaceutical preparations, Services information, Pharmaceutical industry, Services, Merck & Company Inc.

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Pharmacy school grads are precious commodities

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A degree in the health care sector is highly in demand and a pharmacy degree could be a great success in life primarily as there is a constant shortage of pharmacy graduates. The ageing population could be one of the reasons for increasing demands and with more and more prescriptions being written pharmacists would always be needed however with many new drug discoveries coming into the market the need for licensed pharmacists keeps increasing.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Forecasts and trends, Medical students, Graduate students, Market trend/market analysis

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Mixed reviews for drug program: Seniors' advocates said the debut of Medicare discount cards was confusing, and saving may not be great

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The Medicare drug discount card program debuted with a negative result as it held more complications than solutions to the health care from the senior citizens of America. Some of the tips to be taken into consideration while signing up for the Medicare discount drug cards are mentioned.

Management dynamics, Public affairs, Management, Public opinion, Company business management, Medicare

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