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Some name brands can have up to 20 generic equivalents, and I guess that is good news for consumers, and a big part of the reason is due to the major retailers offering the $4 and $9 deals for prescriptions. Overall though, generic sales were down a billion, which might reflect on individuals perhaps...
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This is the second approval this week for a generic version of Wellbutrin, earlier this week Watson Pharmaceuticals announced it’s new version. BD The Food and Drug Administration approved a generic copy of an antidepressant made by Impax Laboratories Inc. Regulators gave the drug — a copy of GlaxoSmithKline...
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Teva Pharma has a generic version, but earlier this year there were some consumer complaints, now the FDA has cleared another manufacturer to produce a generic version, Watson Pharmaceuticals. This is for the 150 mg dose. No word yet as to the availability from the article. ...
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The entire focus is to see whether or not patent laws have been violated and if less expensive generics were in any way stalled from getting to the market place. It all boils down to intellectual-property rights and patient disputes. Interesting that Teva is settling lawsuits and will be...
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$9.99 for 90 days with enrollment with the Health Savings Pass CVS becomes the latest retail drug chain to jump on the bandwagon, pretty close in comparison, except you need to join the Health Savings Plan. The plan is primarily created for cash patients but anyone can benefit so if you have a...
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I wonder if all the name brand companies will one day have nothing but generics? (grin). There’s always this interesting topic too, biosimilars. “Because biosimilars aren't exact duplicates of the original drugs, they don't violate the original drug's patent , enabling legal distribution...
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This is a very good article here that talks about what goes on in the back side of a medical practice. When working with an HMO or PPO contract it can be a very time consuming process. Because of all the faxing and paper work that some IPAs require who are not set up on the web, this...
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As a physician, if you haven’t been marketed yet, you might expect some marketing efforts forthcoming soon. In Florida the insurance companies are offering free e-prescribing and I might guess by going through a clearinghouse that this will go directly into the records of one’s medications with...
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Medical Quack on Reuters. Now this is a sad state of affairs to be the prudent consumer, and yet you are potentially taking money out of your doctor's pocket by doing so when it comes to pay for performance for them, so what's up with this when purchasing $4.00 Generic Drugs. BD...
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The story keeps getting stranger by the day. A little recent history can be found here. The US is only 2-3% of their entire market so most pharmacies have already found other supplies, such as Walgreens did a few months ago when things started brewing. Will this soon be a Japanese...
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More can be read here as well. The issue goes back to a raid in 2006 of a US warehouse in New Jersey. If the pills were a problem, why were they allowed to continue to ship with allegations that factory test records were falsified. Well I guess this now gives us the answer while the...
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I was reading another blog, and realized Comedy Central now has their own site with videos and ran across this classic from the Today Show. With all the recent discussions on how big Pharma spends money and recent marketing techniques, here it is in all it's glory. BD http://www.thedailyshow...
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The listings for the $4.00 Generic Retailer drug plans are linked on this site. If you are searching for a listing, you can find it here with the major retailers, Kroger, Target, Wal-Mart and more. I have provided the links to make it easy to do a simple look up rather than having to navigate...
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This brings up an interesting question, what do you go for relief or bankruptcy? Although now it is not real wide spread, but as the Biomed business continues to grow with new break throughs, how will this process continue? Is this more justification for biosimilars, the Biomed side of generic...
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Digitek, as you may or may not remember was found to contain twice the amount of active ingredient in the tablets earlier this year. The list is below as published by the FDA. The recall is being conducted for retailers to return their products currently. It sounds like...