Atorvastatin, Lansoprazole, Olanzapine. Do you know what these names mean? If you do, it’s likely that your medicine, which you once called by its brand name, has been changed to a generic version ...

Branded vs Generic Medicines: Whenever we buy medicine for the treatment of any disease, we often get two types of options - branded medicine and generic medicine. Usually, people believe that ...

TBIJ co-publishes its stories with major media outlets around the world so they reach as many people as possible. When a new drug enters the market, the manufacturer usually gets the exclusive right ...

Generic medicine, also called generic pharmaceuticals or simply generics, are copies of brand-name drugs. They offer the same active ingredients (APIs), dosage forms, and effectiveness as their ...

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Pharmacists will be legally obliged to substitute branded medicines with cheaper, generic drugs within months. The Irish Medicines Board (IMB) said assessments are under way on the county's top 20 ...

The global supply chain for critical generic medicines faces increasing challenges. The skewed economics of the generic medicines market need to be corrected. About 80 per cent of the world’s ...

However, Akeega faces a challenge in the PARP inhibitor battle The new guidelines issued by the National Medical Commission (NMC) have sparked a row among doctors and health experts. According to ...

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved the first generic raltegravir medicines to treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in adult and paediatric patients. The ...