How Pharma Leaders Are Reacting to Medicare Part D (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
For the last year, pharmaceutical and biotech companies have been gathering resources and reviewing market trends to reduce risk and increase profits under the new Medicare Part D legislation.

Better access to Medicare Part D needed (The Ashland Daily Press)
The federal government's Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit for seniors has a good program for seniors with the lowest incomes those earning about $15,000 a year or less with assets of less than about $11,500.

Senate GOP blocks Medicare Part D negotiation bill (The Hill)
Senate Republicans Wednesday blocked legislation that would allow the government to negotiate drug prices for the Medicare prescription drug benefit. Democrats fell four votes short of the required 60 to invoke cloture.

RxHub ePrescribing Standards Recommended for Use in Medicare Part D (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
RxHub , the largest national patient health information network providing clinical decision support information to the ePrescribing industry, today announced that the federal government has recommended that Medicare Part D adopt the electronic prescription standards it developed for medication history and formulary and benefits.