> California became the latest state to provide emergency drug coverage for poor seniors. A host of seniors report being denied drugs because of problems implementing the new coverage. Democrats have been heaping on the abuse, building on earlier accusations of the administration's incompetence. Article
> Metric: More than half of all white non-Hispanic women in the U.S. and 43 percent of all white non-Hispanic men had taken a prescription drug within the past month of being asked, according to a new survey by the National Center for Health Statistics. Report
> Biogen Idec's former legal counsel has agreed to hand over 1.9 million in profits and pay a penalty of more than a million dollars to settle a federal insider trading investigation. Thomas Bucknum didn't admit wrongdoing in the settlement of the case, which probed his sale of stock on the same day Biogen Idec reported problems with its MS drug, Tysabri. Report
> DRAXIS Health has received approval from the FDA regarding its supplemental new drug application for Sodium Iodide I-131 Capsules USP, Diagnostic--Oral. Release
And Finally… Faced with a small number of women who risk birth defects while taking a powerful acne drug, the FDA has adopted a set of mandatory rules that some doctors say is so strict it threatens to dissuade some from taking the medication. Article