Fifth Annual Pharmaceutical Regulation

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Fifth Annual PharmaceuticalRegulation
Compliance Congress

• Alan F. Holmer
• November 15, 2004

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• Proposition 1
• We need to work on real solutions to real health
  care problems.

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• Proposition 2
• We need to eat better and exercise better.

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• Proposition 3
• We need to ensure that medicines are used
  appropriately.

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• Proposition 4
• Americans should want to stretch their dollars as
  far as possible and to spend as little as
  possible for their medicines.

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• Proposition 5
• For public policies that improve access to
  affordable medicines, the best place to start is
  with those who have the greatest need for
  medicines and often have the greatest need for
  help seniors, disabled Americans, and the poor.

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• Proposition 6
• The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 is the law
  of the land and will continue to be the law of
  the land.

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• Proposition 7
• The Medicare program should be able to save money
  for taxpayers through group buying power.

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• Proposition 8
• Americas pharmaceutical companies should do more
  to make Americans aware of individual company
  patient assistance programs.

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• Proposition 9
• We should promote greater awareness among
  consumers about the benefits that can be gained
  by doing a little comparison shopping.

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• Proposition 10
• If an older medicine works just as well for you,
  use it. If your doctor prescribes a generic,
  that may allow you to stretch your dollars
  further.

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• Proposition 11
• We need to address the problem of the uninsured,
  not just for medicines but for all of health care.

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• Proposition 12
• We should promise reasonable tiering in insurance
  co-payments to promote cost-consciousness by
  patients, without deterring their access to good
  health care.

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• Proposition 13
• Importation is not a real solution.

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• Proposition 14
• When it comes to health care, disease is our
  common enemy.

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• Proposition 15
• We need to keep incentives strong for innovation
  and the search for cures, new treatments and
  better technology.