generic drugs

Sep 20, 2024
Generic drugs in the U.S. face new economic pressures 40 years on
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The generic drug industry in the U.S. has saved people billions and billions of dollars. But it faces new economic pressure today.
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Feb 26, 2020
Prescription drug supply could be hit by COVID-19
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China plays a big part in the supply chain of Americans’ generic drugs
Sep 6, 2018
There’s a new generic drugmaker in town, and it doesn’t need to turn a profit
Across the country, hospitals and clinics are dealing with a really difficult problem: Sometimes they can’t get their hands on certain life-saving generic drugs. So one group of large hospital systems, including the Mayo Clinic and Intermountain Healthcare, has come up with a workaround. It’s created a nonprofit company called Civica RX that will make […]
Jul 14, 2018
Generic Viagra floods the market. Here’s how Pfizer is reacting
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Pfizer hopes to run with its “little blue pill” as long as it can. That includes the time-honored strategy of launching its own generic.
May 17, 2018
FDA website to post names of drug makers blocking development of cheaper generics
The FDA plans to unveil a website today naming pharmaceutical companies that have blocked the development of generic drugs by failing to provide samples to competitors. This public posting is part of FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb’s larger crackdown to, as he says, “end the shenanigans” by brand name drug companies. Click the audio player above […]
Feb 28, 2018
Why Intermountain Healthcare is making generic drugs
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Rising drug prices are part of what's driving health care inflation. What do you do if you are a big health care company? Start your own drug company.
Aug 2, 2017
Why pharma companies are bowing out of generics
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Many generic drugs have become so cheap, they have pencil-thin profit margins.
Jul 25, 2017
Drug prices: how generics changed the game
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Generics used to be sold out of car trunks. Then Congress got involved.
Jul 13, 2016
New class of generics could save consumers, insurers billions. FDA is moving carefully.
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The European Union has some 20 "biosimilar" generics on the market; the US has one.
Apr 1, 2016
FTC fights against new strategy for delaying generics
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FTC files case against drug maker for deals cut with two generic firms that extend its monopoly