Funding

Consumer Reports Health Best Buy Drugs™ is a public education project administered by Consumer Reports. It is partially supported with grant funds. The project's current main external sponsor is the state Attorney General Consumer and Prescriber Education Grant Program which is funded by the multi-state settlement of consumer fraud claims regarding the marketing of the prescription drug Neurontin.

The Engelberg Foundation provided a generous grant from 2004 to 2007 to fund the creation of the project. This included the development of our drug reports, the creation of our Web site, and a public outreach and communications effort to promote the use of the information. In 2008, the Engelberg Foundation provided a generous follow-on grant for on-going activities related to the project. Additional funding from 2004 to 2008 came from the National Library of Medicine, part of the National Institutes of Health. This support is under Information System Grant Number 1 G08 LM007934-01A1.

Consumer Reports makes a substantial contribution of staff time and resources to the project. The grants give Consumer Reports complete editorial independence and our evaluations of prescription drugs are based on objective, credible sources.

Best Buy Drugs Gets New Funding