They agree, for example, on the need to emphasize wellness and preventive health programs; to provide more transparency for price and quality data on doctors and hospitals; and to speed the approval of lower-cost generic versions of high-cost biotechnology medicines.
He has defied makers of brand-name drugs by pushing legislation to speed the approval of lower-cost generic drugs.
WASHINGTON — One of the few bills moving through Congress with bipartisan support this spring would speed government approval of lower-cost generic copies of brand-name drugs.
On Monday, when President Bush offered a plan to speed the approval of lower-cost generic drugs, the stocks of most big pharmaceutical companies fell.
In addition, Mr. Obama said he would speed the approval of low-cost generic versions of expensive biotechnology drugs by establishing "a new regulatory pathway" at the Food and Drug Administration.
Page A10 DRUG COMPANY ALTERS BILL One of the few bills moving through Congress with bipartisan support would speed government approval of lower-cost generic copies of brand-name drugs.
The United States secretary of health and human services, Tommy G. Thompson, the chairman of the fund's board, said that approval of projects costing $1.6 billion were pending at the Geneva-based Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
A20 Prescription Plan Welcomed Consumer groups and lobbyists for elderly Americans welcomed President Bush's proposal to speed the approval of low-cost generic prescription drugs, but they said it came too late and did not go far enough.
On other issues, Mr. Daschle said he would reduce the influence of politics at federal science agencies, seek more money for community health centers, speed the approval of low-cost generic versions of prescription drugs and try to increase Medicare payments to family doctors and other primary care physicians.
He wants wider insurance coverage, lower costs, higher quality care, more preventive care, an emphasis on keeping people well, greater use of information technology, more money for community health centers, a stronger Food and Drug Administration and speedier approval of low-cost generic drugs, among other issues.
[C6.] Bush Plan on Generic Drugs Faulted Consumer groups and lobbyists for the elderly welcomed a plan announced by President Bush to speed the approval of low-cost generic versions of prescription drugs, but they said it came too late and did not go far enough.
