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Generic drugs
FDA takes step to improve generic drug competition
Mar 15, 2016
We'd pay a lot more if it wasn’t for generics, which amount to as much as 85% of what we take.
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How more generics could relieve sky-high drug prices
Feb 4, 2016
More generics are needed to create competition — but can the FDA approve them fast enough?
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Want to shop like a pro? Buy generic
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David Gura
Jul 25, 2014
A new study says chefs, pharmacists and other professionals prefer generic goods.
Rite Aid drug sales: The profit in generics
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Audrey Quinn
Dec 19, 2013
Generics have a 50 percent bigger markup in comparison with brand-name drugs.
Statin suggestion puts spotlight on generic drug business
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Jeff Tyler
Nov 13, 2013
New guidelines on the use of statins to lower cholesterol hold the promise to dramatically increase the number of Americans who take those drugs.
OxyContin's waiting game: Generic drug makers salivate while the FDA wants safer pills
Apr 16, 2013
OxyContin is supposed to come off patent and generic drug makers are excited. But, the FDA may put a stop to it all to wait for safer pills.
India Novartis patent ruling: Good for access, bad for innovation?
Apr 1, 2013
India's Supreme Court has rejected a patent filed by Swiss drug maker Novartis for its cancer drug. The decision has implications for the pharmaceutical industry and millions of people in poor countries.
For public good, not for profit.
Cheap generic drugs face possible legal liabilities
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David Gura
Mar 19, 2013
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday in a case that could decide whether generic drug makers can be held liable for alleged flaws in the designs of their medications.
A warning about the price of generic drugs
Mar 8, 2013
Drug manufacturers can charge very different prices for essentially the same generic medicine.
Lipitor makes way for generics
Nov 29, 2011
Pfizer's blockbuster cholesterol drug loses patent protection December 1. It could have happened sooner.