To make matters worse, health care products like medicines and medical devices get used when they are proven more effective or safer, not when they are proven cheaper.

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On Jan. 8, it announced it will partner with Fresenius Medical Care, another leading dialysis services and products provider with a 33% share of the dialysis market in 2011.

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The records show Mr. Thorkelson's company also does business as Clinical Care, Quality Specialty Products and Bridgewater Medical, which are other distributors identified by the FDA in the Avastin case.

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This health care concern markets medical supplies, devices, laboratory equipment and diagnostic products worldwide.

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AdvaMed member companies produce the medical devices, diagnostic products and health information systems that are transforming health care through earlier disease detection, less invasive procedures and more effective treatments.

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"These trends demand that pharmaceutical companies become better health care partners with physicians and managed care organizations by offering a range of new products and technologies in related medical specialties that achieve better outcomes for patients, " he said.

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