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				Health  Pharmaceuticals   Document Name    Date   Document Type  18 to Watch in '18: David Mitchell   Mar. 5, 2018 Legislative Analysis 2000 Legislative Summary: Prescription Drugs   2000 Legislative Analysis 2004 Legislative Summary: Prescription Drug Imports   Dec. 4, 2004 Legislative Analysis 2006 Legislative Summary: Drug Importation   Dec. 18, 2006 Legislative Analysis 2012 Legislative Summary: FDA User Fees   Jan. 14, 2013 Legislative Analysis 2013 Legislative Summary: Drug Safety   Jan. 6, 2014 Legislative Analysis A Liberal Lobbyist's Sui Generics Move   Mar. 24, 2014 Legislative Analysis A Low Dose of FDA Oversight   Apr. 11, 2005 Legislative Analysis A New Frontier for Prescription Drugs   May 9, 2005 Legislative Analysis A Patent Solution to a Prescription Problem   Oct. 11, 2010 Legislative Analysis A Thorny Thicket of Potential Conflicts for New FDA Chief   May 22, 2017 Legislative Analysis A World Unprepared for Bird Flu Outbreak   Oct. 3, 2005 Legislative Analysis Amid Push for Lower Drug Prices, Antibiotics Makers Want More   Oct. 28, 2019 Legislative Analysis An Island of Avoidance: Tax-Free in Puerto Rico   Sep. 18, 2006 Legislative Analysis Animal-Drug Patents, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology   1987 - 1988 Legislative Analysis Anti-Tampering Act, 1983 Legislative Chronology   1983 Legislative Analysis Antioxidants     Encyclopedia Entry Army LSD Case, 1980 Legislative Chronology   1980 Legislative Analysis Backers Perhaps Most Surprised by Passage of Drug Importation Bill   Jul. 26, 2003 Legislative Analysis Big Pharma Takes Aim at State Caps on Drug Prices   Jun. 6, 2016 Legislative Analysis 'Big Pharma' vs. Generic In CAFTA Drug War   Jul. 25, 2005 Legislative Analysis Bill Would Subsidize Vitamins for the Poor, Despite Doubts on Their Effectiveness   Jun. 24, 2019 Legislative Analysis Biosimilars Seen as Way to Rein in Medicaid Drug Costs   Nov. 16, 2015 Legislative Analysis Bioterrorism Preparedness, 2001-2002 Legislative Chronology   2001 - 2002 Legislative Analysis Bioterrorism, 2001-2002 Legislative Chronology   2001 - 2002 Legislative Analysis Blue States Look to Take Advantage of Trump's Drug Reimportation Plan   Jan. 21, 2020 Legislative Analysis Can a Cardiologist Operate at FDA?   Mar. 16, 2015 Legislative Analysis Case Study: A Blockbuster, but Not for Everyone   Aug. 16, 2010 Legislative Analysis Clinical Trials   2008 Encyclopedia Entry Compounding Pharmacy Bill Is Enacted   Dec. 2, 2013 Legislative Analysis Compounding the Problem   May 13, 2013 Legislative Analysis Congressional Testimony by FDA Officials on the Protection from Unsafe Drugs   Nov. 18, 2004 Primary Source Congressional Testimony by Janet Heinrich, Director of Health Care and Public Health Issues at the Government Accountability Office on "Infectious Disease Preparedness: Federal Challenges in Responding to Influenza Outbreaks"   Sep. 28, 2004 Primary Source Criminalization of Possession, Sales of "Date Rape" Drugs, 1999 Legislative Chronology   1999 Legislative Analysis Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Co.: Brief Summary   Jun. 28, 1993 Case Summary Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Co.: Detailed Summary   Jun. 28, 1993 Case Summary Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Co.: Opinion Excerpt   Jun. 28, 1993 Primary Source Democrats' First 100 Hours: Big Pharma Braces for Heavier Federal Hand in Drug Pricing Policy   Nov. 20, 2006 Legislative Analysis Department of Health and Human Services' "Report on Prescription Drug Importation"   Dec. 21, 2004 Primary Source Dietary Supplement Rules   2008 Encyclopedia Entry Diethylstilbestrol (DES) Research, 1991-1992 Legislative Chronology   1992 Legislative Analysis Drug Companies Hope Better Data-Crunching Can Speed FDA Approvals   Oct. 17, 2016 Legislative Analysis Drug Company Ethics   Jun. 6, 2003 CQ Researcher Drug Controls, 1965 Legislative Chronology   1965 Legislative Analysis Drug Controls, 1966 Legislative Chronology   1966 Legislative Analysis Drug Firms Take a Different Tack     Legislative Analysis Drug Import Debate Reignites With Help of Bipartisan Effort   Apr. 24, 2004 Legislative Analysis Drug Industry Investigation, 1973 Legislative Chronology   1973 Legislative Analysis Drug Industry Investigation, 1974 Legislative Chronology   1974 Legislative Analysis Drug Industry Seeks Incentives For Taking On Vaccine Challenge   Nov. 10, 2001 Legislative Analysis Drug Licensing, 1991-1992 Legislative Chronology   1992 Legislative Analysis Drug Makes Unite Against Shared Regulatory Enemies   May 22, 2006 Legislative Analysis Drug Patent Rules, 1995-1996 Legislative Chronology   1995 - 1996 Legislative Analysis Drug Prices Could Become a Divisive Issue for Democrats   Sep. 24, 2018 Legislative Analysis Drug Pricing Controversy Highlights Health Investigations, 1967-1968 Legislative Chronology   1967 - 1968 Legislative Analysis Drug Regulation, 1975 Legislative Chronology   1975 Legislative Analysis Drug Regulation, 1976 Legislative Chronology   1976 Legislative Analysis Drug Reimportation, 1999-2000 Legislative Chronology   1999 - 2000 Legislative Analysis Drug-Compounding Law Confounds Pharmacies and Regulators   Jun. 20, 2016 Legislative Analysis Drug-Resistant Bacteria   Jun. 4, 1999 CQ Researcher Drugmakers Feel the Heat Of Attacks on Advertising   May 23, 2005 Legislative Analysis Drugmakers Squabble Over Rights to 'Biologics'   Oct. 17, 2005 Legislative Analysis Drugmakers Under Siege   Sep. 3, 1999 CQ Researcher Drugmakers' Battle for Medicare Market Share   Oct. 2, 2006 Legislative Analysis Drugs in Controversy   Feb. 21, 2005 Legislative Analysis Drugstore Doctors   Aug. 3, 2015 Legislative Analysis Emergency Contraception   2008 Encyclopedia Entry Ephedrine Sales, 1993-1994 Legislative Chronology   1993 - 1994 Legislative Analysis Excerpts from Report of the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) on Prescription Drug Prices   Feb. 24, 1993 Primary Source Fall Legislative Preview: Drug Prices   Sep. 4, 2018 Legislative Analysis Fall Legislative Preview: Opioids   Sep. 4, 2018 Legislative Analysis Fall Preview: Health Care   Sep. 9, 2019 Legislative Analysis FDA Approves RU-486 Days After House Passes Bill To Highlight Late-Term Abortions   2000 Legislative Analysis FDA Bill Clears After Intense Negotiation   Sep. 24, 2007 Legislative Analysis FDA Facing Rough Seas With No Captain   Aug. 7, 2006 Legislative Analysis FDA Fee Reauthorization a Prescription for Debate   Apr. 30, 2012 Legislative Analysis FDA goes against deregulatory grain   Feb. 25, 2019 Legislative Analysis FDA New Rules, Not Yet Paid For   Jun. 16, 2014 Legislative Analysis FDA on Approval of the Plan B Emergency Contraceptive Drug   Aug. 24, 2006 Primary Source FDA Opens Door to Loosening Drug Safety Protocols   Oct. 10, 2017 Legislative Analysis FDA Overhaul, 1997 Legislative Chronology   1997 Legislative Analysis FDA Public Health Advisory: "Suicidality in Children and Adolescents Being Treated with Antidepressant Medication"   Oct. 15, 2004 Primary Source FDA Under the Microscope   Oct. 22, 2012 Legislative Analysis FDA: The Making of a Regulatory Agency   Apr. 11, 2005 Legislative Analysis FDA: Uncharted Territory on Fees   Jan. 9, 2017 Legislative Analysis Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)   2008 Encyclopedia Entry Flex Accounts: Over-the-Counter is Out-the-Door   Dec. 6, 2010 Legislative Analysis Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Consolidation, 1989-1990 Legislative Chronology   1990 Legislative Analysis Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Overhaul of 1997, Provisions   1997 Legislative Analysis Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Overhaul, 1995-1996 Legislative Chronology   1995 - 1996 Legislative Analysis Food and Drug Administration (FDA)   2008 Encyclopedia Entry Food and Drug Administration Consumer Report, 1969 Legislative Chronology   1969 Legislative Analysis Food and Drug Administration Overhaul, 1997-1998 Legislative Chronology   1997 - 1998 Legislative Analysis For FDA, Congress Readies a Bitter Pill   Apr. 7, 2008 Legislative Analysis Formulary   2008 Encyclopedia Entry Free Radicals and Antioxidants     Encyclopedia Entry Funds Short for Drug Law   Mar. 3, 2014 Legislative Analysis GAO Questions Implementation of Drug Compounding Law   Jan. 9, 2017 Legislative Analysis General Accountability Office (GAO) Report on the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Handling of the Morning-After Pill   Nov. 14, 2005 Primary Source General Accounting Office (GAO) Report: "Prescription Drugs: Companies Typically Charge More in the United States than in the United Kingdom"   Feb. 2, 1994 Primary Source General Accounting Office Report on Prescription Drug Advertising: FDA Oversight of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising Has Limitations   Dec. 3, 2002 Primary Source Generic Drug Regulation, 1991-1992 Legislative Chronology   1992 Legislative Analysis Generic Drugs, 1984 Legislative Chronology   1984 Legislative Analysis Generic Drugs, 2001-2002 Legislative Chronology   2001 - 2002 Legislative Analysis Generic Drugs   2008 Encyclopedia Entry Generics Could Get a Boost in Bid to Rein In Prescription Prices   Jul. 17, 2017 Legislative Analysis Genes and Health   Jan. 21, 2011 CQ Researcher GOP Drug Plan Prevails     Legislative Analysis GOP Eager to Show Voters Progress in Cutting Drug Costs   2000 Legislative Analysis Government Accountability Office on Prescription Drug Safety   Mar. 31, 2006 Primary Source Government Accountability Office on the Safety of Imported Drugs   Nov. 1, 2007 Primary Source Gray Market for Drugs, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology   1987 - 1988 Legislative Analysis Group Life & Health Insurance Co. v. Royal Drug Co. Inc.: Brief Summary   Feb. 27, 1979 Case Summary Health Care: Beyond Obamacare   Jan. 4, 2016 Legislative Analysis Health Policy By Comparison   Aug. 16, 2010 Legislative Analysis Heckler v. Chaney: Brief Summary   Mar. 20, 1985 Case Summary Herbalife: Industry Leader, Lightning Rod   Jun. 1, 2015 Legislative Analysis House Bill to Combat Use Of New Steroid-Like Drugs Advanced by Judiciary Panel   Apr. 3, 2004 Legislative Analysis House Republicans Struggle to Create Workable Drug 'Reimportation' Bill   Jul. 19, 2003 Legislative Analysis Human Drugs for Animals, 1993-1994 Legislative Chronology   1993 - 1994 Legislative Analysis Impotence and Treatment (Viagra)     Encyclopedia Entry Increase in Autism   Jun. 13, 2003 CQ Researcher Investors Put the Heat on Drug Companies Over the Opioid Crisis   Jan. 22, 2019 Legislative Analysis Inwood Laboratories Inc. v. Ives Laboratories Inc. (456 U.S. 844): Brief Summary   Jun. 1, 1982 Case Summary Issues for the Next President: Drug Safety   Nov. 5, 2012 Legislative Analysis Kratom Advocates in Congress Force DEA to Backtrack   Nov. 14, 2016 Legislative Analysis Lawmakers Look to Roll Back 2013 Drug Safety Law   Jun. 26, 2017 Legislative Analysis Lawmakers Weigh Incentives For High-Risk Vaccine Business   Oct. 30, 2004 Legislative Analysis Left and Right Find Fault With New NAFTA   Feb. 11, 2019 Legislative Analysis Legalizing Marijuana   Jun. 12, 2009 CQ Researcher Legislation Refracts Larger View On Contact Lens Purchases   Nov. 22, 2003 Legislative Analysis Made in Puerto Rico   Sep. 18, 2006 Legislative Analysis Major Elements of the [FDA] Overhaul   Sep. 24, 2007 Legislative Analysis Marketing to Doctors Draws New Scrutiny   Jun. 4, 2007 Legislative Analysis Medicare Drug Benefit, 1999-2000 Legislative Chronology   1999 - 2000 Legislative Analysis Medicare Overhaul Leaves Questions About How to Control Rising Drug Prices   Dec. 6, 2003 Legislative Analysis Mental Health Insurance   Mar. 29, 2002 CQ Researcher Merck KGaA v. Integra Lifesciences I, Ltd.   Jun. 13, 2005 Case Summary Mifepristone   2008 Encyclopedia Entry Mitchell Report on Investigation into Steroid Use in Baseball   Dec. 13, 2007 Primary Source More States Eye Importing Canadian Drugs   Jul. 8, 2019 Legislative Analysis New Front in the Abortion Wars Over Procedures Using Medication   Mar. 4, 2019 Legislative Analysis News Conference of National Cancer Institute (NCI) on the Breast Cancer Drug, Tamoxifen   Apr. 6, 1998 Primary Source NIH Drug Contamination Scandal Back Under the Microscope   Jun. 12, 2017 Legislative Analysis No Deal on Prescription Benefit   2002 Legislative Analysis 'No Silver Bullet' for the Drug Pricing Conundrum   Oct. 15, 2018 Legislative Analysis Odd Bedfellows Assail Opioid Marketing   Jun. 19, 2017 Legislative Analysis Off-label Use   2008 Encyclopedia Entry Online Drug War Caught in a Tangled Web   Jun. 4, 2007 Legislative Analysis Orphan Drug Veto, 1989-1990 Legislative Chronology   1990 Legislative Analysis Orphan Drugs, 1982 Legislative Chronology   1982 Legislative Analysis Orphan Drugs, 1985-1986 Legislative Chronology   1985 - 1986 Legislative Analysis Orphan Drugs, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology   1987 - 1988 Legislative Analysis Orphan Drugs, 1991-1992 Legislative Chronology   1992 Legislative Analysis Orphan Drugs, 1993-1994 Legislative Chronology   1993 - 1994 Legislative Analysis Orphan Drugs   2008 Encyclopedia Entry Overdose of Influence in Epogen Debate   Sep. 28, 2009 Legislative Analysis Patent Extensions, 1991-1992 Legislative Chronology   1992 Legislative Analysis Pediatric Drug Exclusivity, 2001-2002 Legislative Chronology   2001 - 2002 Legislative Analysis Pediatric Exclusivity   2008 Encyclopedia Entry Pediatric Rule   2008 Encyclopedia Entry Pharma Braces for Battle   Nov. 27, 2006 Legislative Analysis Pharmaceutical Industry Gets Some Democratic Help   Jul. 16, 2018 Legislative Analysis Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America v. Walsh   May 19, 2003 Case Summary Pharmacy Benefit Managers   2008 Encyclopedia Entry Pharmacy Robberies, 1984 Legislative Chronology   1984 Legislative Analysis Plan B   2008 Encyclopedia Entry Pneumonia Vaccinations, 1980 Legislative Chronology   1980 Legislative Analysis Prescription Drug Imports, 2003-2004 Legislative Chronology   2003 - 2004 Legislative Analysis Prescription Drug Imports   2005 - 2006 Legislative Analysis Prescription Drug Imports   2007 - 2008 Legislative Analysis Prescription Drug Proposal Unveiled by House GOP; Democrats Say It Overlooks Middle Class     Legislative Analysis Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA)   2008 Encyclopedia Entry Prescription Drug User Fees, 1991-1992 Legislative Chronology   1992 Legislative Analysis Prescription Monitoring OK'd in House   Oct. 9, 2004 Legislative Analysis Project Bioshield, 2003-2004 Legislative Chronology   2003 - 2004 Legislative Analysis Project Bioshield, 2003-2004 Legislative Chronology   2003 - 2004 Legislative Analysis Reforming the FDA   Jun. 6, 1997 CQ Researcher Regulating Pharmaceuticals   Nov. 11, 2013 CQ Researcher Reimportation, Prescription Drug   2008 Case Summary Report of the General Accounting Office (GAO): "Antimicrobial Resistance: Data to Assess Public Health Threat from Resistant Bacteria Are Limited."   Apr. 28, 1999 Primary Source "Report to the President: Prescription Drug Coverage, Spending, Utilization, and Prices," by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)   Apr. 10, 2000 Primary Source Republicans Taking a Second Look at Drug Reimportation Proposals   Apr. 17, 2004 Legislative Analysis Research, Direct From the Drugmaker   Sep. 15, 2014 Legislative Analysis 'Right to Try' Bill in Need of a Cure   Feb. 26, 2018 Legislative Analysis RU486   2008 Encyclopedia Entry Senate Seeks to Lower Drug Prices   2002 Legislative Analysis Senate Votes to Confirm FDA Nominee   Dec. 11, 2006 Legislative Analysis Smallpox Threat   Feb. 7, 2003 CQ Researcher Smallpox Vaccine Compensation, 2003-2004 Legislative Chronology   2003 - 2004 Legislative Analysis Sports and Drugs   Jul. 23, 2004 CQ Researcher Statement by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Announcing Approval in the U.S. for Use of the Abortion Pill, Mifepristone (Mifeprex or RU-486)   Sep. 28, 2000 Primary Source States Experimenting With Drugs to Help the Dying   May 16, 2016 Legislative Analysis States Want Cannabis Products, and Federal Help Regulating Them   Jul. 29, 2019 Legislative Analysis Steering Left for Right Contacts   Nov. 27, 2006 Legislative Analysis Summer Sun Scorches FDA   Jun. 1, 2015 Legislative Analysis Supplement Industry Warms Up to Oversight   Apr. 10, 2006 Legislative Analysis Supplements Industry Masters the Hill   Jun. 1, 2015 Legislative Analysis Supreme Court Rules on Generic Drug Labeling   Jun. 23, 2011 Primary Source The State of the Union: Drug Prices   Jan. 28, 2019 Legislative Analysis Thompson v. Western States Medical Center   Apr. 29, 2002 Case Summary Tiered Pricing   2008 Encyclopedia Entry Tom Cruise's Anti-Psychiatry Crusade Triggers Scientology-Affiliated Lobbying Drive   Jul. 18, 2005 Legislative Analysis Treating Depression   Jun. 26, 2009 CQ Researcher Trouble Brewing for Compound-Mixing Pharmacists   Mar. 26, 2007 Legislative Analysis Trump Assertions of Lower Drug Costs Mask Truth for Many Consumers   Sep. 14, 2020 Legislative Analysis Trump's 'Blueprint' for Lower Drug Costs Poses Many Challenges   Jun. 18, 2018 Legislative Analysis United States v. Generix Drug Corp. (460 U.S. 453): Brief Summary   Mar. 22, 1983 Case Summary United States v. Rutherford: Brief Summary   Jun. 18, 1979 Case Summary Vaccine Compensation, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology   1987 - 1988 Legislative Analysis Vaccine Controversies   Aug. 25, 2000 CQ Researcher Vaccine Injury Compensation Program   2008 Encyclopedia Entry Vaccine Makers Seek Inoculation From Suits   Dec. 5, 2005 Legislative Analysis Vaccines: What's in Development   Oct. 30, 2004 Legislative Analysis Viagra     Encyclopedia Entry Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council: U.S. Supreme Court Opinion on First Amendment Protection for Advertising. Justices H. A. Blackmun, P. Stewart, W. H. Rehnquist, Chief Justices W. Burger   May 24, 1976 Primary Source Vitamin Regulation, 1976 Legislative Chronology   1976 Legislative Analysis Weighing Promise and Perils of Drug Importation   Jul. 24, 2004 Legislative Analysis Whalen v. Roe: Brief Summary   Feb. 22, 1977 Case Summary When It's OK to Ignore the Regulators   Apr. 18, 2016 Legislative Analysis Will Bush Generic Drug Proposal Boost GOP's Health Care Image?   Oct. 26, 2002 Legislative Analysis Zidovudine   2008 Encyclopedia Entry
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