MERCK-MEDCO DEPRESSION PATIENT SUPPORT PROGRAM IN DEVELOPMENT
Executive Summary
MERCK-MEDCO DEPRESSION PATIENT SUPPORT PROGRAM IN DEVELOPMENT, according to promotional materials being circulated by the company to promote Medco's Quality Care program. The depression program will apparently be modeled on Medco's first Quality Care program, the Diabetes Patient Support Program, launched in 1993 ("The Pink Sheet" Nov. 22, 1993, T&G-1). Other patient support programs in development include smoking cessation, lipid disorders and congestive heart failure.
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