Big Pharma besieged from all sides (Guardian Unlimited)
Business & money: Drug companies find blockbusters expiring, pipelines emptying and watchdogs growling

3.4 Million Seniors Hit Medicare 'Doughnut Hole' (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
THURSDAY, Aug. 21 (HealthDay News) -- In 2007, about 3.4 million Americans enrolled in the Medicare Part D drug plan reached a gap in their prescription coverage known as the "doughnut hole," leading some of them to stop taking prescribed drugs, says a Kaiser Family Foundation study released Thursday.