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Bluw Ups Giant Inflatable Afro(Pack of 12) $15.99 Bluw Ups Giant Inflatable Afro. Turn the clocks back to the seventies and stand out from the crowd with this outrageous Giant Inflatable Afro Wig. This inflatable afro is the perfect party accessory for a fun night out to remember. Simply blow up the gian |
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Giant Inflatable Axe In The Head(Pack of 24) $11.99 Giant Inflatable Axe In The Head. Get gruesome with this giant inflatable axe in the head. It's over two feet of fiendishly good fun. Simply blow it up, slip it on and get ready to scare your friends silly! Your head never looked so painfully good! |
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Inflatable Vinyl Giant Swan $137.09 Kids will love riding this graceful, super-sized swan. This inflatable pool toy holds up to a 140-pound weight capacity.Heavy-duty vinyl constructionMeasures 72 inches long x 48 inches wide x 40 inches deepModel number NT268 |
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Learning Resources Giant Inflatable Ocean Life Set $26.99 5 Year to 10 Year Giant Inflatable Ocean Life Set Crab Dolphin Octopus Shark Starfish Activity Guide Repair Kit Just like being in the deep blue sea. Children will be amazed and intrigued by these vibrant ocean animals. This set of ocean animals will appeal to all children. Use the hang tabs to transform a child's room into an imaginative undersea world. The largest inflatable animal is 32" long Animal Giant Giant Inflatable Ocean Life Set Inflatable Learning Item LER1804 Learning Resources Sea Vinyl www.learningresources.com |
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Learning Resources Giant Inflatable Solar System $34.99 10" Diameter - Mars 10" Diameter - Mercury 12" Diameter - Earth 12" Diameter - Venus 14" Diameter - Neptune 14" Diameter - Uranus 18" Diameter - Saturn 22" Diameter - Jupiter 36" Diameter - Sun 5 Year to 12 Year 8" Diameter - Earth's Moon 8" Diameter - Pluto Giant Inflatable Solar System Sun 9 x Planets (Proportionally Sized) Moon Foot Pump Activity Guide Repair Kit Create an out-of-this-world playroom or bedroom with this unique solar system set. Each colorful planet inflates easily, turning any room into an intergalactic experience. Includes a sun, nine proportionally sized planets with hanging hooks, moon, convenient foot pump, Activity Guide with fun planet facts and repair kit. Colorful Giant Giant Inflatable Solar System Inflatable Learning Item LER2434 Learning Resources Planets Space www.learningresources.com |
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Giant Inflatable Ducky Swimming Pool Float Toy $48.95 Give your kids a ride on the biggest and most adorable swimming pool inflatable there is! This Giant Inflatable Swimming Pool Ducky features a see-thru head to allow kids to see where they're going! Made of heavy duty vinyl, this swimming pool rideable is both strong and durable. So bring home the precious oversized pool float that is sure to be a hit! |
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Learning Resources Giant Inflatable Weather Set $26.99 5 Year to 10 Year Encourage children's natural curiosity about weather with this durable set of weather shapes (cloud, sun, snowflake, lightening bolt and raindrop). Activity Guide provides fun, weather-related facts and activities, helping children learn where rain comes from and what lightening is. Realistic detail and hang tabs make these a colorful addition to any child's bedroom. Largest shape measures 30" in diameter Colorful Giant Giant Inflatable Weather Set Inflatable Learning Item LER1803 Learning Resources Shape Vinyl Weather www.learningresources.com |
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Giant Inflatable Nocturnal Creatures $34.95 Introduce animal and insect behavior, characteristics and adaptations with these jumbo nocturnal creatures. The use of models to represent scientific principles Includes bat, spider, moth and firefly that actually glows with a built in LED light powered by 3 button cell 1.5V batteries (included) Durable vinyl wipes clean Comes with Activity Guide, hanging hooks and repair kit Largest (moth) measures 30"L x 25"H Grades K+ |
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Inflatable Boat $78.07 An inflatable boat is a lightweight boat constructed with its sides and bow made of flexible tubes containing pressurised gas. For smaller boats, the floor and hull beneath it is often flexible. On boats longer than 3 metres/10 feet, the floor often consists of three to five rigid plywood or aluminium sheets fixed between the tubes but not joined rigidly together. Often the transom is rigid, providing a location and structure for mounting an outboard motor. Some inflatable boats have been designed to be disassembled and packed into in a small volume, so they can easily stored and transported to water when needed. Here the boat when inflated is kept rigid crossways by a foldable removable thwart. This feature allows such boats to be used as liferafts for larger boats or aircraft, and for travel or recreational purposes. Other terms for inflatable boats are inflatable dinghy, rubber dinghy, inflatable or rubber duck. Zodiac is a tradename for a make of inflatable boat, but often has become a genericized tradename used to mean any rigidhulled inflatable boat (RIB). Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 100 Publication Date: 2009/12/28 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.23 inches |
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Swimline Giant Shootball Inflatable Pool Toy $141.78 Your kids will have hours of fun with this unique Giant Shootball floating pool game. This tall inflatable pool toy has great basketball action and multiple ports for multiple shooters. Brand: SwimlineGiant Shootball Inflatable Pool ToyModel: NT2054Shape: RoundGreat basketball action and multiple ports for multiple shootersMade of heavy-gauge vinylIncludes three (3) balls Recommended for children ages 5 years and olderMaterials: VinylDimensions: 45 inches high x 36 inches wide x 36 inches long |
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Giant Inflatable Swan Swimming Pool Float Toy $56.95 Give your kids a ride on the biggest and most graceful pool inflatable there is! The charming Giant Swan Swimming Pool Float Toy is made of heavy duty vinyl for strength and durability. This innovative pool rideable is 75'' long for a pool float unlike any you've seen before! Bring home the attractive and interesting pool float that is sure to be a hit! |
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Inflatable Armbands $82.85 Inflatable armbands, are devices to help a wearer float in water and learn to swim. Inflatable armbands are typically cylindrical inflatable plastic bands that are inflated and worn on the upper arm. When the wearer is in water, the air inside the armbands provides buoyancy on account of its far lower density than the water. Although often thought of as a childs flotation device, armbands are also available in adult sizes. Although inflatable armbands are popular among small children, swimming experts caution against using them, because although water wings help the child to float, they do not prevent him/her from accidentally going under water and potentially drowning. Inflatable armbands are not a lifesaving device. Mistaking them for one can create a potentially fatal false sense of security. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 104 Publication Date: 2010/04/24 Language: English Dimensions: 9.02 x 5.98 x 0.25 inches |
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Learning Resources LER1795 Giant Inflatable Nocturnal Creatures $45.5 Educators Resource offers products for preK8 learning materials and educational toys used by schools teachers parents and children. Giant Inflatable Nocturnal CreaturesIntroduce animal and insect behavior characteristics and special adaptations of nocturnal creatures the firefly even lights up Great classroom decoration too. Set includes firefly bat spider and moth. Firefly features builtin LED light powered by 3 buttoncell 1.5V batteries (included). Durable vinyl wipes clean. Includes 4 creatures Activity Guide hanging hooks and repair kit. Largest creature (moth) measures 30 L x 25 H. Grades K+ |
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Infletters 157 28in Giant Inflatable Number 60 Red Pack of 6 $28.65 Infletters 28in Giant Inflatable Number. Infletters are made of vinyl and completely reuseable. Bright and Colorful. Infletters feature a hang tab on top for easy stringing and display. These Numbers Are Plastic Welded together at the base. Can be used indoors or outdoors. |
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Infletters 454 28in Giant Inflatable Number 30 Green Pack of 6 $28.65 Infletters 28in Giant Inflatable Number. Infletters are made of vinyl and completely reuseable. Bright and Colorful. Infletters feature a hang tab on top for easy stringing and display. These Numbers Are Plastic Welded together at the base. Can be used indoors or outdoors. |
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Infletters 455 28in Giant Inflatable Number 30 Green Pack of 6 $28.65 Infletters 28in Giant Inflatable Number. Infletters are made of vinyl and completely reuseable. Bright and Colorful. Infletters feature a hang tab on top for easy stringing and display. These Numbers Are Plastic Welded together at the base. Can be used indoors or outdoors. |
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Infletters 559 28in Giant Inflatable Number 25 Silver Pack of 6 $28.65 Infletters 28in Giant Inflatable Number. Infletters are made of vinyl and completely reuseable. Bright and Colorful. Infletters feature a hang tab on top for easy stringing and display. These Numbers Are Plastic Welded together at the base. Can be used indoors or outdoors. |
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Infletters 151 28in Giant Inflatable Number 18 Red Pack of 6 $28.65 Infletters 28in Giant Inflatable Number. Infletters are made of vinyl and completely reuseable. Bright and Colorful. Infletters feature a hang tab on top for easy stringing and display. These Numbers Are Plastic Welded together at the base. Can be used indoors or outdoors. |
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Infletters 153 28in Giant Inflatable Number 25 Red Pack of 6 $28.65 Infletters 28in Giant Inflatable Number. Infletters are made of vinyl and completely reuseable. Bright and Colorful. Infletters feature a hang tab on top for easy stringing and display. These Numbers Are Plastic Welded together at the base. Can be used indoors or outdoors. |
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Infletters 158 28in Giant Inflatable Number 65 Red Pack of 6 $28.65 Infletters 28in Giant Inflatable Number. Infletters are made of vinyl and completely reuseable. Bright and Colorful. Infletters feature a hang tab on top for easy stringing and display. These Numbers Are Plastic Welded together at the base. Can be used indoors or outdoors. |
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0046 The Inflatable Slide of Doom
The Misery of Pfizer Could Be The Joy Of Texas: Generic Drugs Are On The Rise
Pfizer can't be happy. Its patent on the best-selling drug in the world, Lipitor, expires in 2011, which doesn't give the pharmaceutical giant much time to figure out how to compensate for the billions of dollars in sales that will be lost when it happens, courtesy of generic companies reproducing the medicine's active ingredients. The United States alone buys $5 billion worth of the brand-name drug every year.
It's hard to believe that the world's greatest selling pharmaceutical medicine is a treatment for cholesterol, rather than for some horrible, chronic illness well, that is until one considers it purely from a business perspective. Heart disease is still the number one killer of Americans, and one-third of all deaths in this country in 2004 were attributed to it. That means big bucks for companies that can market a treatment for this exploding, life-threatening problem.
Consumers can save up to fifty percent on prescription drugs, according to the Food and Drug Administration, if they just buy generic. Generic drug companies, health insurance providers, and patients alike are practically salivating in anticipation; Lipitor's expiring patent means that not only can other pharmaceutical companies reproduce the coveted, and much guarded, active ingredients, but also that dramatic price slashes will happen for consumers. Texas, with the majority of its population now obese -- a risk factor for heart disease -- and twenty-five percent of its population going without any health insurance, particularly stands to benefit from more cost-effective medication.
But Pfizer shouldn't feel so bad; Lipitor is not the only one. In fact, experts are predicting a golden era for generic drugs as patents on several high-dollar medications come due over the next few years -- $60 billion a year worth -- including Ambien, Norvasc, Zyrtec and Fosamax. Johnson & Johnson announced last week that it will eliminate close to 5,000 jobs in preparation for the generic reproductions of Risperdal, a drug for schizophrenia, Topamax, a seizure medication, and other medicines used for migraines. In 2009, Prevacid's formula, as well, relinquishes its secrets, a heartburn and ulcer drug producing $3.5 billion in annual sales.
While advances in treatments for cancer and other potentially fatal illnesses seem promising, few new medications with mass-market appeal are waiting to replace the old. While this is bad news, indeed, for pharmaceutical giants, it seems to be great news for the rest of the population.
Such patents expiring, without comparable replacements waiting, means the drug price inflation rate will remain under ten percent, despite the aging population's ever-increasing need for medication. This figure has almost always been in the double digits in recent years, according to Steven B. Miller, chief medical officer for ExpressScripts, which manages drug benefit plans. In 2002, in fact, it was eighteen and a half percent. "(The inflation rate) is much better than it was in the '90s, before these drugs starting going generic," said Miller.
Ronny Gal, analyst for Sanford C. Bernstein, which follows generic companies' activities, predicts a ten to thirteen percent growth in the generic drug industry by 2010. "(The change) is good for everybody but the branded pharmaceutical companies."
The high sticker price of many brand-name pharmaceutical drugs is, to a large extent, due to their research and development processes; industry leaders must invest billions of dollars and spend years of time to create a viable medication. They, then, make up for such significant initial costs by setting a high sale price, thereby ensuring billions in profits. Generic companies, on the other hand, do not invest such time and resources on development, which is one of the many reasons they can sell their versions anywhere from thirty to eighty percent cheaper, though they meet the same quality standards and contain the same active ingredients.
"(The lack of new drug formulas is) basically a failure of innovation," said Richard T. Evans, a consultant with Avos Life Sciences, a research and consulting firm for the drug industry.
Part of that industry, however, protests such claims. Caroline Loew, senior vice-president for scientific and regulatory affairs for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, a trade group for brand-name companies, defends the ups and downs of the process. "I don't think we would support the contention there's a lull." Finding treatments for chronic and complicated diseases, like Alzhiemer's, Parkinson's, and cancer, takes more time and effort than for other conditions. The production of pharmaceutical drugs is "very much an emerging science," she said, and "the biological mechanisms are very poorly understood."
The high price of brand-name pharmaceutical medications and the exploding number of those going without health insurance have combined to create a growing demand for less expensive, imported drugs. Finding the cost of their medications too much to bear, many Americans are turning to Canada and Mexico to meet their pharmaceutical needs, despite warnings against possible safety issues. Though statistics on just how many are getting their medications from foreign sources are difficult to document, border states are especially susceptible to such temptations. A trip across international lines, after all, is under a day's drive away for most Texans.
The additional criticism that drugs cost thirty to fifty percent more in the U.S. than in Europe, due to the for-profit structure of the domestic pharmaceutical industry, only adds fuel to the fire on the debate over universal health care. With healthcare systems in cities like Dallas, Houston, and Austin nearly crushed by the flood of uninsured coming in from other parts of the state to receive care, it's easy to see where the argument for universal coverage may have some validity.
Research and proper investing seem the most viable solution to the current problem of high-cost prescription drugs in the U.S. Investing in a health insurance plan appropriate to one's needs and researching the availability of generic drugs can dramatically reduce one's healthcare costs. In fact, sixty percent of prescriptions written in this country are for generic medications, and that number is expected to rise. Patients also have the right to ask for a generic version, if available, to cut costs. As usual, much of a patient's outcome depends on his or her willingness to be assertive and research those issues dramatically affecting personal health. To keep its high profits going, Pfizer is just going to have to come up with some new innovation to amaze us, and to save us, from the overwhelming tide of disease.
Being aware of issues affecting the cost of healthcare is an important aspect of minding your health. How you take care of yourself will certainly affect you as you age, and eventually your wallet, as well.
About the Author
Pat Carpenter writes for Precedent Insurance Company. Precedent puts a new spin on health insurance. Learn more at Precedent.com
