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BusinessWeek June 12, 2006 Catherine Arnst	Going From The Lab To Limbo The FDA has been delaying decisions on applications, and drugmakers are fuming.
HBS Working Knowledge June 5, 2006 Porter & Olmsted Teisberg	Using Competition to Reform Healthcare The new book Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, takes a systemic approach to healthcare reform.
The Motley Fool June 2, 2006 Brian Lawler	Encysive Can Breathe Easier The pharmaceutical's crucial Thelin drug gains EU approval. Encysive's next critical hurdle lies here in the U.S. Whatever the FDA's decision, expect more volatility in Encysive shares.
BusinessWeek June 12, 2006 Michael Arndt	Big Pharma's Nurse Will See You Now Drug companies are hiring RNs to educate patients - and boost marketing.
The Motley Fool May 31, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Shiny Happy Psychiatric Solutions The growth-through-consolidation story continues apace for Psychiatric Solutions. Investors, caution is warranted here.
Managed Care May 2006 Martin Sipkoff	Health Plans Are Ill-Prepared for Looming Diabetes Epidemic The problem is outpacing insurers' resources and perhaps even their commitment. Can the chronic care model help?
Managed Care May 2006 John Carroll	Effective Ways To Increase Usage of Generics Generics is one of the few areas where insurance plans can economize effectively. BlueCross & BlueShield of North Carolina is one of many insurers that are changing members' and prescribers' behavior.
Managed Care May 2006	They Wrote the Book on Fixing the System How could the largely private U.S. health care system, characterized by arguably more competition than any other health care system in the world, be performing so poorly?
Managed Care May 2006 Michael Levin-Epstein	Looking for a Better Way To Manage Care Can primary care physicians persuade health plans and Medicare to accept their version of the chronic care model?
Managed Care May 2006 John Carroll	Medicare Debates Fairness of Pay For Primary Care and Specialists A growing controversy in MedPAC and in physician organizations could spill over into how all health plans compensate doctors.
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