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09.12.08 America's Pharmaceutical Research Companies Respond to Hurricane Ike's Imminent Landfall
09.03.08 'Sharing Miracles' to Feature Emmy Award-Winning Talk Show Host Montel Williams
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08.28.08 Restoring Health, Hope to Patients After Disaster Strikes
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More Than 300 New Medicines BeingDeveloped To Treat Mental Illnesses
Nationwide, mental illness affects nearly 60 million American adults. And according to a new report, America's pharmaceutical research companies are working on a record 301 new medicines to treat those affected.
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PPA Helps 5 Millionth Patient
In Just Over Three Years
The Partnership for Prescription Assistance has helped more than five million uninsured and financially- struggling Americans get access to the medicines they need for free or nearly free.
R&D by Pharmaceutical CompaniesReaches Record $58.8 Billion in 2007
America’s pharmaceutical and biotechnology research companies invested a record $58.8 billion last year in the research and development of new life-changing medicines and vaccines – an increase of nearly $3 billion from 2006.
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The Private Sector Must HelpTackle Health Challenges
A recent poll by the Commonwealth Fund found that 82 percent of adults surveyed believe the U.S. health-care system needs an overhaul. Improving health care is one of the most important challenges that our nation and its next president face.
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