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FDA Eases Paperwork To Help Some Patients Get Experimental Drugs

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The Food and Drug Administration has introduced a simplified form that doctors will use to seek FDA approval to treat seriously ill patients with experimental drugs after other options run out.

Florida Stores Help Consumers Buy Imported Drugs Despite Federal Ban

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Thousands of Floridians patronize storefront businesses that help them buy cheaper drugs online from Canada and other countries, but the Food and Drug Administration calls the practice illegal and risky.

FDA Considering Pricey Implant As Treatment For Opioid Addiction

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The FDA could soon approve an implantable form of a drug used to treat opioid addiction. While the approach helped patients avoid relapse in tests, its price may be prohibitive for some, doctors say.

Will Covered California Sell Health Coverage To The Undocumented?

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California is inching closer to a first-in-the-nation request for a federal ruling that would allow the state’s Obamacare exchange to sell health plans to immigrants who are living in the country illegally.