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Drug prices rise as competition falls WASHINGTON, -- U.S. drug prices have risen sharply with the departure of some competitors but drug makers deny any con- nection, USA Today reported. The report said wholesale prices for leading multiple sclerosis drugs Avonex and Copaxone jumped in May by 8 percent and 9.4 percent, respectively. In February, makers of the competing MS drug Tysabri halted sales after some users reported contracting a rare brain infection. Similarly, the newspaper, quoting Consumer Reports, said retail prices for painkiller Mobic rose up to 11 percent from September through early March. Last September, rival Vioxx was withdrawn from the market because of cardiovascular risks. Boehringer Ingelheim raised Mobic's wholesale prices in January, spokesman Mark Vincent said the increases were planned before Vioxx's withdrawal. "We raise prices as part of a scheduled price increase. It's not a reactionary thing," he said. The re- port said prices can go up even if drug makers don't raise them. In such cases, it is the wholesalers or pharmacists, says a spokesman for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Does he tell you he loves you when he's hitting you? Abuse. Narrated by Halle Berry. http://us.click.yahoo.com/AoisKB/isnJAA/xGEGAA/8zSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> New! Sign up for local CML support group meetings in your local community at http://cml.meetup.com Apply for Commercial Real Estate loans online and submit your deal to dozens of hungry lenders in just minutes. Loan programs for all types of business and commercial real estate. Apply anytime at http://realestatezoo.com CML (Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Support List) --------------------------------- Part Of CMLHope.Com An International Community Of CML Patients For more information: http://cmlhope.com Post Message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To No Mail/Web: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To Digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CML Group Web Site http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CML Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CML/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
