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		<title>Delaware Top Court Sides With Zantac Makers in Cancer Claims</title>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 05:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[GSK]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Delaware Supreme Court rejected the legitimacy of expert testimony linking the heartburn drug Zantac to cancer, in a major win for makers of the product. In a unanimous ruling Thursday, the state&#8217;s highest court agreed with the argument of &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pfizer Must Face Lawsuit Over Diversity Fellowship Program, Appeals Court Rules</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2025/01/13/807930.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 14:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A U.S. appeals court on Friday revived a lawsuit by a conservative group opposed to diversity initiatives in medicine that challenged a Pfizer fellowship program designed to boost the pipeline of Black, Latino and Native American people in leadership positions &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Excellent Ratings for Pfizer&#8217;s Property Captive in Vermont Are Affirmed</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2024/05/10/773667.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2024 05:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[East News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blue Whale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[captive insurance]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of &#8220;a+&#8221; (Excellent) of Blue Whale Re Ltd. (Blue Whale) (Burlington, VT). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable. AM Best &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pfizer Agrees to Settle More Than 10,000 Zantac Cancer Lawsuits</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2024/05/08/773407.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 15:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[NDMA carcinogen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pfizer]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Pfizer Inc. has agreed to settle more than 10,000 cases accusing it of hiding the cancer risks of its Zantac heartburn drug, according to people familiar with the deal, the biggest of the litigation. The agreements cover cases in state &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Sanofi to Settle 4,000 Zantac Cancer Lawsuits in US State Courts</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2024/04/04/767940.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2024 05:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[GSK]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Sanofi has reached an agreement in principle to settle 4,000 U.S. lawsuits linking the discontinued heartburn drug Zantac to cancer, the company said on Wednesday. Sanofi did not disclose the financial terms of the deal. The agreement, which still needs &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Fate of Most Remaining Zantac Lawsuits Weighed by Delaware Judge</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2024/01/26/757275.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 06:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pfizer]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[GSK, Pfizer and other pharmaceutical companies are urging a judge in Delaware this week to find that evidence plaintiffs&#8217; lawyers want to use in about 72,000 lawsuits claiming that the discontinued heartburn drug Zantac caused cancer is not supported by &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Texas Attorney General Sues Pfizer Over COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2023/12/01/750378.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2023 17:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Texas / South Central News]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Pfizer has been sued by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who on Thursday accused the drugmaker of misrepresenting the efficacy of its widely-used COVID-19 vaccine. In a complaint filed in a Lubbock County state court, Paxton said it was misleading &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Texas AG Sues Pfizer Over Quality-Control Lapses in Kids&#8217; ADHD drug</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2023/11/21/749315.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2023 16:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pfizer]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accused Pfizer PFE.N and its supplier Tris Pharma of providing children&#8217;s ADHD medicine that it knew might be ineffective to the state&#8217;s Medicaid insurance program for low-income people, in a lawsuit unsealed on Monday. The &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pfizer to Pay $2M to Settle Alleged Gender Bias in Compensation at New York City Office</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2023/10/20/745045.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2023 13:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[East News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment practices liability (EPLI)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equal pay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gender discriminiation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender pay gap]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical firm Pfizer Inc. has agreed to pay $2 million to resolve alleged compensation discrimination affecting female employees at the federal contractor&#8217;s New York City headquarters. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced it entered into a conciliation agreement with &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Tornado Rips Apart Pfizer Plant, Injures 16 in North Carolina</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2023/07/20/731431.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2023 13:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. said on Wednesday its plant in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, which is one of the largest sterile injectable product facilities in the world, has suffered heavy damage from a tornado. A company spokesperson in an emailed statement &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Alnylam Files Patent Infringement Lawsuits Against Pfizer, Moderna</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2022/03/17/658526.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2022 14:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[National News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lawsuit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moderna]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. on March 17 filed lawsuits in Delaware federal court against Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc., claiming their multibillion-dollar mRNA COVID-19 vaccines infringe one its patents. Alnylam said it was seeking damages over the use of lipid nanoparticle &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Who&#8217;s On the Hook If COVID-19 Vaccines Go Wrong?: Viewpoint</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2021/01/07/596498.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew G. Simpson]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2021 14:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[International & Reinsurance News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AstraZeneca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coronavirus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COVAX vaccine facility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[covid-19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glaxosmithkline]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The COVID-19 vaccines are here and distribution has begun. But what if something goes wrong? Whether it&#8217;s a loss of income, hefty medical bills or other serious adverse effects from getting a shot, someone has to pick up the tab, &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Drugmakers Plan to Raise Prices in New Year: Reuters, 3 Axis Advisors</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2021/01/04/595837.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew G. Simpson]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2021 06:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[drug manufactuers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug prices]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Drugmakers including Pfizer Inc., Sanofi SA, and GlaxoSmithKline Plc plan to raise U.S. prices on more than 300 drugs in the United States on Jan. 1, according to drugmakers and data analyzed by healthcare research firm 3 Axis Advisors. The &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>U.S. Drug Advisory Panel Meets Today on Pfizer&#8217;s COVID Vaccine</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2020/12/10/593535.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew G. Simpson]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2020 13:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is meeting on Thursday to weigh whether to recommend that the agency authorize Pfizer&#8217;s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, one of the last steps before vaccinations could begin. &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pfizer Reports 95% Success Rate in COVID-19 Vaccine Final Trial</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2020/11/18/591171.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew G. Simpson]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 13:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Final results from Pfizer Inc.&#8217;s COVID-19 vaccine trial showed its shot had a 95% success rate and two months of safety data, paving the way for the drugmaker to apply for an emergency U.S. authorization within days, it said on &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Q&#038;A: Where Drugmakers Are in the Race for COVID-19 Vaccine</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2020/11/09/590025.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew G. Simpson]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2020 15:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Drugmakers and research centers around the world are working on COVID-19 vaccines, with large global trials of several of the candidates involving tens of thousands of participants well underway. The following is what we know about the race to deliver &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Limited Liability Protection for Drugmakers Hampers EU Coronavirus Vaccine Deals</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2020/08/26/580371.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew G. Simpson]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2020 11:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[drugmaker liability shield]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The European Union is offering only partial protection to vaccine makers against legal risks from side-effects of their potential COVID-19 shots, European officials said, in a move that is hampering deals and contrasts with U.S. policy. With vaccines being developed &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New Jersey High Court Sides with Pfizer Over Religious Discrimination Suit</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2020/08/24/580117.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elizabeth Blosfield]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2020 12:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A former Pfizer employee who said she was fired for refusing a vaccine on religious grounds can&#8217;t proceed with a discrimination lawsuit because she waived that right, New Jersey&#8217;s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a decision two justices called potentially &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pfizer Agrees to Settle in Oregon Probe Over False Advertising</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2019/03/13/520427.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2019 14:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Pfizer has agreed to shell out $975,000 after Oregon&#8217;s Department of Justice found the pharmaceutical giant misled consumers with deceptive coupons. Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced details of the six-figure settlement on Monday, saying the pharmaceutical giant was &#8220;taking &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Big Pharma Resuming U.S. Price Hikes in January After Pause: Reuters Report</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2018/12/21/512769.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew G. Simpson]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2018 13:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Novartis AG and Bayer AG are among nearly 30 drugmakers that have taken steps to raise the U.S. prices of their medicines in January, ending a self-declared halt to increases made by a pharma industry under pressure from the Trump &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>One Drugmaker Sues Another to Pay Damages from Opioid Marketing Lawsuits</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2018/08/08/497431.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew G. Simpson]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2018 11:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Allergan Plc on Thursday sued Pfizer Inc. to require its rival to cover any damages it is forced to pay as a result of hundreds of lawsuits claiming Allergan deceptively marketed an opioid it acquired from a company Pfizer bought. &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pain Care Lobby Gave $3.5M in Ohio Political Donations as Opioid Deaths Climbed</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2016/09/19/426908.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie K. Jones]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2016 16:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gov. John Kasich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnson & Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merck]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[As Ohio&#8217;s overdose epidemic has climbed toward a record high, an army of lobbyists representing makers of prescription painkillers and their allies poured more than $3.5 million into Ohio political coffers. Pharmaceutical companies and allied groups belonging to the Pain &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Does Drug Company Money Affect Doctors&#8217; Judgment?</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2016/09/15/426625.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew G. Simpson]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2016 10:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[National News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pfizer]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has a message for doctors: The money you&#8217;re taking from pharmaceutical companies may be clouding your judgment. Research sites where Pfizer Inc. had paid doctors at least $25,000 in speaking, consulting or other fees &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Kansas Pharmaceutical Plant to Pay $400K to Settle Discrimination Case</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2015/10/15/385189.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2015 16:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Midwest News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pfizer]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A central Kansas pharmaceutical plant accused of gender discrimination must pay about $400,000 in back wages and hire more women, according to a federal settlement. The U.S. Department of Labor said in a release that the Hospira Inc. plant in &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pfizer Refutes Claims of Zoloft Link to Birth Defects</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2015/04/12/364063.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2015 02:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[National News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[antidepressants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug warning labels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drugmaker liability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glaxosmithkline]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Zoloft birth defect claims]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Pfizer Inc. researchers concluded last year that pregnant women taking Zoloft risked having babies with heart defects, according to evidence made public by a lawyer at the first trial of more than 1,000 lawsuits over the drug. The May 2014 &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Former Alabama Athletic Director&#8217;s Family Suing Drug Makers for Wrongful Death</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2015/04/08/363602.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2015 08:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alabama wrongful death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pfizer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wrongful death lawsuit]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The daughter of former University of Alabama Athletic Director Mal Moore has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against two companies that manufactured, promoted and sold a heart medication he took. Heather Moore Cooke filed suit in U.S. District Court in &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Insurers, Drugmakers Tussle Over Drug Copay Caps</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2015/03/13/360427.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2015 10:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[National News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[America's Health Insurance Plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Pharma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[out of pocket costs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prescription drug costs]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The battle over soaring U.S. drug prices is heading for the states. With the price of some treatments topping $100,000, patient groups are pushing for state laws to make sure insurers cover most of the costs. Their campaign is backed &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pfizer Recalls 1M Birth Control Packs After Mixup</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2012/02/02/233960.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[East News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pfizer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Product Liability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Product Recall]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Pfizer Inc. is recalling 1 million packets of birth control pills because of a packaging error that could leave women with an inadequate dose of the hormone-based drugs and raise the risk that they will get pregnant accidentally. The news &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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