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pharma and medicare coverage for obesity treatments

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    GlaxoSmithKline Acquires Orlistat Over-The-Counter Rights in the US

    http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040719/nym093_1.html

    Coverage nearing for obesity care

    http://www.thnt.com/thnt/story/0,21282,1006911,00.html

    Medicare Revises Stance on Obesity

    "In the end, the firms best positioned to take advantage of Medicare's
    policy change could be certain pharmaceutical outfits. Abbott
    Laboratories' (NYSE: ABT), Johnson & Johnson's (NYSE: JNJ), and
    Novartis' (NYSE: NVS) prescription drugs may not yet be covered by
    Medicare, but these companies all dabble in the nutritional business."

    http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2004/mft04071908.htm

    There money to be made off of the public teat in obesity "treatments".

    TC

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