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Fast Company February 2004 Bill Breen	The Cannabis Conundrum As the founder of a British pharmaceutical company puts it, if it weren't called marijuana there would be an entire biotech business built around this plant. And that's just what's starting to happen (but not for the U.S. drug industry or the American patients these medicines might help).
BusinessWeek February 9, 2004 John Carey	Drug Ads Need Stronger Medicine New FDA guidelines may not go far enough in making sure pharmaceutical ads are used appropriately.
BusinessWeek February 9, 2004 Kerry Cappell	This Bid Looks Like Bad Medicine Sanofi's lowball offer for giant drugmaker Aventis is unwise for both companies
Managed Care January 2004 Martin Sipkoff	Cardiologists Call Collaboration Heart of Effort To Improve Care Surgeons in nine hospitals formed a study group and then hit the road to learn from peers. Outcomes improved dramatically.
Managed Care January 2004 Martin Sipkoff	Transparency Called Key To Uniting Cost Control, Quality Improvement NCQA President Margaret O'Kane and a panel of clinically oriented administrators call for emphasis on making the best care financially attractive to physicians, plans, and employers.
Managed Care January 2004 Bob Carlson	Reinsurers Offer Services To Keep Client Costs Down Coverage may now come with built-in access to a level of case management that some HMOs find useful.
Managed Care January 2004 Arthur Preston Smith	HMOs Would Be Wise To Investigate Alternative Ways To Improve Health Human beings are not machines, and modern medicine needs to move beyond the repair shop mentality. Could nontraditional services help?
Managed Care January 2004	Matter of Trust: HMOs Get Little HMO officials may control the purse strings, but they should never forget the Beatles' advice: Money can't buy you love. Only car salesmen are considered less ethical and honest than HMO managers in a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll that asks the public to rate 23 different professions.
Managed Care January 2004	Study: Loosening of Managed Care Hurts the Poor The retreat from tightly managed health care in recent years has left casualties on the insurance battlefield: people with low incomes and chronic illness.
Managed Care January 2004 John Carroll	Do the Medicare Math, Then Make Quick Decision Congress frees up billions for plans that choose to participate in a new program for enrollees. This may be opportunity knocking.
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