FDA orders leaflets to explain drug use and risks
FDA plans to require written patient information in plain language for drugs with serious risks and urge pharmacists to provide guides for most patients by 2000. Industry critics cite trashing leaflets and urge flexible, voluntary solutions.
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Drug Costs Rise Sharply in 1995, NA Chain Stores Reports
New York AP. The National Association of Chain Drug Stores says the average wholesale cost for the 500 top selling drugs rose 4.6 percent in 1995, more than double the 2.2 percent rise in the government producer price index. The study notes inflationary pressure and places the 1994 rate at 4.1 percent.
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Homesteader Fights State Over Highway Land in Ocala
At 103 Julius James refuses relocation to a state purchased handicapped-access home for an interstate project. Court ordered move by Monday, relatives appeal, arguing the land is his lifelong home inherited from slave ancestors and that living there is essential to his remaining years.
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Court Rules Community Standards Define Porn
A federal appeals court in the 6th Circuit ruled that local community standards govern obscenity on computer bulletin boards regardless of origin. The decision upheld convictions of Robert and Carleen Thomas for explicit images on the Amateur Action Bulletin Board Service, downloaded in Memphis by a postal inspector.
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