From: Fred Huser [fredhuser@opt-e-scrip.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 2:19 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: Docket No. 2004S-0170-Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, Section 1013: Priority Topics for Research

Dear Sir or Madam:

Please find attached a recommendation from Opt-e-scrip, Inc. for research priorities for the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit.  Attachments include the recommendation and supporting rationale, a JAMA article in support of the recommendation, a picture of the technology described in the document, and an example of an anonymous patient report recently used by a physician for making a treatment decision.

We would like to thank HHS for the opportunity to submit this reccommendation.

Sincerely, 

Frederic Huser
Chairman & CEO
Opt-e-scrip, Inc.
973-699-3843 (C)