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Rajasthan Directs Doctors to Prescribe Medicines by Generic Names

... medical hospitals to prescribe medicines by their generic names.// An official letter has been issued dire...lth centres and dispensaries to prescribe only the generic names of medicines and not the branded ones. "In spite of our constant reminders, doctors are not ...

India's Pharmaceutical Industry to Be Global Player: Study

...jor global player, not only in producing low-price generic medicines but also as innovators in drugs and// vaccines, according to a study. "India is innovating its way out of poverty," said Nature Technology study co-author Peter Singer of the McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health in Toronto. India ...

BP and Prostate Problems Drug Effective in Treating PTSD Nightmares

A generic drug already used for high blood pressure and pros...the study was due to the easy availability of this generic drug, Raskind said. "If you are doing a study with a new drug, the only way people can get it is to ...

Bill Clinton Says US Healthcare System Immoral

... drugl industry's opposition to importing cheaper, generic drugs from Canada, he remarked sarcastically, "They've developed generic immunity, an immunity to cheap drugs." Several experts have lashed out at the current Bush adminis...

A.U. Health Ministers Receive Plan To Produce Low-Cost, Generic Drugs in Africa

...were presented with a plan for developing low-cost generic versions of drugs -- including treatments for HIV/... Many African countries currently import low-cost generic drugs from India and China, but both countries are subject to patent laws, which could restrict Afri...

Africa Challenged To Produce Its Own Generic Drugs

...r Africa to produce// its own versions of low-cost generic drugs for the treatment of HIV/AIDS, Malaria and T... At present Africa imports truck loads of low-cost generic drugs from India and China, yet such an agreement is bound to be shaky, as most of these drugs are...

Abbott to Subsidize Price of HIV Drug

... patient per year. This price is lower than any generic price available in the world today for this medicine and is approximately 55 percent less than the average current price for these countries, the press release states. Abbott will immediately begin discussions with individual countries where Abbott...

India’s Biotech Companies- Jumbos Waiting to Gro

...an firms, with low wage costs, are all set to make generic drugs when those produced by big Western firms lose patent protection. In addition, they are increasingly trying to develop new drugs that could compete worldwide. In the meanwhile, it is well known that India’s IT firms have won market share in e...

Law Emerging in US for Generic Versions of Biotech Medicine

...e Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve of generic version of biotech drugs without trials. Biotec...enator who had co-authored a 1984 law legitimizing generic versions, is now trying to work out a compromise acceptable to the pharmaceutical giants. They ar...

People Before Patents

...ugs cost US dollars 10,000 a year in 2000. India's generic version costs a mere US dollars 130. Novartis wa...be patented in India, making it very difficult for generic producers to make affordable versions of them. This could affect millions of people around the world...

Indian Court Refers Novartis Plea for Patent on Anti-cancer Drug to a Separate Board

...o through the roof. No firm then can manufacture generic drugs, which are less expensive. As patents near e...ration, manufacturers apply for permission to sell generic versions. Because those manufacturers don’t have the same development costs, they can sell their pro...

Two-in-one Diabetic Drug Approved by FDA

... sitagliptin phosphate, with the older widely-used generic drug, metformin for type 2 diabetes. Janumet is meant to provide an additional treatment option for patients who need more than one oral agent to help control their blood sugar. Data supporting Janumet were previously disclosed earlier this ye...

FDA Announces Voluntary Withdrawal of Pergolide Products

...olide marketed by Valeant Pharmaceuticals, and two generic versions of pergolide manufactured by Par and Teva. Pergolide is in a class of medications called dopamine agonists and is used with levodopa and carbidopa to manage the symptoms (tremors and slowness of movement) of Parkinson’s disease. In 2006, a...

Web Page to Warn Against Online Purchase of Isotretinoin

...h results for Accutane (isotretinoin) or its other generic versions(Amnesteem, Claravis, or Sotret) FDA advis...en people search for Accutane, or any of its three generic versions -- Amnesteem from Mylan Laboratories, Claravis from Barr Pharmaceuticals and Sotret from Ra...

FDA Cites Challenges of Generic Biotech

...more before science is available to safely approve generic versions of biotech drugs // in the way the agency...gen Inc. and Genentech Inc, which have never faced generic competition in the U.S. for their products, some of the most complex and expensive on the market. ...

Sanofi-Aventis Allows Thais To Make Plavix

The generic version of Plavix, the heart disease medicine of Sanofi-Aventis will be made indigenously in Thailand. This was announced by the pharma company on Tuesday.// As per the offer made by Sanofa-Aventis, the health ministry has approved plans to buy or ...

Key Science Web Sites Buried in Information Avalanche

...e of these appear in the top 30 search results for generic domain keywords. In addition, a number of institutions, people and other key organisations and resources failed to appear in the top 30 search results. The role search engines play can vary according to topic. In the HIV/AIDS and the Internet and s...

Ranbaxy Gets FDA Approval for Insomnia Drug

...nd its product portfolio by offering an affordable generic alternative, he added. The Jacksonville, Florida...ny. RPI is engaged in the sale and distribution of generic and branded prescription products in the US healthcare system. Source-IANS...

Caution Urged on Biologic Drugs

...owth hormones -- are simple enough// to produce in generic versions, but others are too complex to be safely ...bill to permit United States regulators to approve generic versions of biologics, drugs based on living organisms and cells. Too much flexibility for generic...

Generic Biologics – U.S Panel Hearing Draws Mixed Response

...ressed to the point where it is possible to create generic biologics and to do so safely. All FDA lacks is the authority to approve these therapies,' he added. The repercussions of the decision will extend to other areas. Employers and insurers see this development as a means to curb skyrocketing health ...

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