HEALTH CARE TOWN HALL MEETING IN S.F.

Find out why prescription drug costs

are skyrocketing

& what you can do about it

• Did you know that AstraZeneca, the maker of the blockbuster heartburn medicine Prilosec®, makes an extra $6 MILLION each day it can delay FDA-approved generic drugs from getting on the market?
  
  

• Did you know that consumers have paid an extra $1.3 BILLION for needed medicine since Prilosec®’s patent expired in October 2001?
  
  

•  Did you know that the maker of Prilosec® & NEXIUM®, AstraZeneca, is a major co-sponsor of the medical convention at the Moscone Convention Center during “Digestive Disease Week” May 19 – 22?

COME TO THE TOWN HALL MEETING ON MAY 21^ST TO LEARN MORE

Come hear consumer advocates, medical experts and drug industry representatives discuss some of the most egregious examples of consumer price gouging.  Learn about the tactics that name brand companies like AstraZeneca are using to keep more affordable drugs from consumers.  Find out what patients, consumers, practioners, and seniors can do.

Since 1970, the national Gray Panthers has pursued intergenerational approaches to achieve social and economic justice. The Gray Panthers founded the SPAN Coalition of 125 senior and consumer advocacy groups to win access to safe and affordable medicine for all.

For more information, please contact Jon Golinger at the San Francisco Gray Panthers office:

(415) 552-8800 or visit www.SPANcoalition.org