Hot Summer Threatens Efficacy of Mail-Order Medications
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Hot Summer Threatens Efficacy of Mail-Order Medications

The temperatures inside delivery trucks can reach twice the recommended threshold, but federal rules on drug storage conditions do not apply to the booming world of mail-order delivery.
F.T.C. Says Middlemen Seem to Drive Up Drug Prices
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F.T.C. Says Middlemen Seem to Drive Up Drug Prices

In a report, the regulator sharply criticized pharmacy benefit managers, a reversal from its longstanding hands-off approach to policing the companies.