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Switching from a brand-name antiepileptic drug to a generic is not associated with a higher risk of seizures
2011-08-31 A report in Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics provides further evidence that patients with epilepsy do not have a higher risk of seizures if they switch from th...
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Epilepsy: medical concerns of prescribing generics
2011-08-31 Generic economicsGeneric medications are generally cheaper than their branded product counterparts and so prescribing these is encouraged as a cost-containment strat...
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EMA and FDA to collaborate on biosimilars
2011-08-12 The EMA announced on 23 June 2011 that it had set up a new ‘cluster’ to collaborate with the FDA for the exchange of information on biosimilar drugs.Biosimilars join...
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Teva grabs biopharmaceutical company Cephalon
2011-08-12 On 2 May 2011, Teva and Cephalon announced that they had unanimously approved a definitive agreement under which Teva will acquire all outstanding shares of Cephalon...
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Influence these two factors and the use of generics will increase
2011-08-10 IntroductionAccording to Assistant Professor William Shrank of Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA, we may be able to increase the use of generic alternatives over b...
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Generic warfarin as safe and effective as brand name
2011-08-10 In a study by Dr Francesco Dentali and colleagues a study of the literature found that generic warfarin was as safe as brand name warfarin [1].The use of generic dru...
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The ‘Wise List’ - a Swedish drug formulary
2011-08-08 Research carried out by Lars Gustafsson and et al. [1] into the use and acceptance of a drug formulary used in Stockholm, Sweden, found that adherence to the ‘Wise L...
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Actavis launches generic Olanzapine on ‘day one’ in four European countries
2011-06-16 On 5 May 2011, Actavis Group, Zug, Switzerland—the world’s fourth largest generic pharmaceutical company—launched Olanzapine tablets in Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia a...
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Professor in Clinical Pharmacy
2011-05-18 SDU – Odense, DenmarkThe Institute of Public Health, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, invites applications for a position as full Professor in Clinical Pharmacy....
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Actavis produces 10 million tablets for Japan in record time
2011-05-03 On 20 April 2011 in Barnstaple, UK, Actavis managed to deliver 10 million levothyroxine tablets within only 20 days. These tablets are used in the treatment of thyro...
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Germany tightens controls on pharmaceutical prices
2011-04-26 The German government is contemplating pharmaceutical price control legislation as it battles soaring drug spending. On the one hand Germany is keen to promote the u...
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Impact of generic substitution in Finland
2011-04-26 Mandatory generic substitution was introduced in Finland on 1 April 2003. A recent study compared the impact of generic substitution on both originator and generic p...
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