October 16, 2008 
I am sitting at the airport doing some blogging on my blackberry. Here is a quote about the prescription market:
“We are facing a continuation of the slowest-growing prescription drug market in 47 years, according to IMS Health. We believe the biggest impact has been the very tough economy.”
— Jeff Rein, chairman and CEO of Walgreen Co., where prescription sales actually climbed 7.9% in the latest quarter. Rein was addressing a Sept. 30 investors’ conference call on the company’s financial results for the quarter that ended August 31.
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Economic slow down is an interesting tactic to lower demand. It’s bringing gas prices down; maybe that will work for Rx prices as well.
Walgreens:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walgreens