Unapproved drugs still sold

By: Patient Access Weekly Advisor December 1st, 2008 Email This Post Print This Post

Medicaid still covers drugs not reviewed by the government–about $200 million worth since 2004, the Associated Press reports.

The medications, linked to dozens of deaths, are decades old. The Food and Drug Administration had less restrictive measures then and has tried, to no avail, to eliminate them from the market.

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