When it comes to
brand drugs there's preferred brand, non-preferred brand, and specialty drugs.
Not exact matches
Since biosimilars are so new to the U.S. market (
there have been just five total approved here since 2015), it's been hard to gauge whether or not they can make a formidable dent in high
drug prices by offering generic alternatives to
branded treatments.
There is significant regulatory risk afoot for some Australian infant formula
brands as they await approval from the China Food and
Drug Administration ahead of new regulations starting on January 1 for all manufacturers of formula products sold into China from around the world.
Certainly,
there are differences between these different
brands, as can be gathered by all of the marketing, but it may give you some comfort to know that all baby formulas sold in the United States must meet the minimum nutritional requirements set forth by the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
It was
there in the build - up to Iraq, or when then - home secretary Alan Johnson sacked the chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of
Drugs, or when George Osborne pursued a deficit reduction strategy identical to the one he'd
branded dangerous when it was proposed by Alistair Darling.
There is no indication the generic ibuprofen gelatin capsules hurt anyone, but their case shows how the FDA left a
drug on the market for months without confirmation that the
drug was equivalent to the name
brand.
But while the deals may be beneficial to some extent, in that they might save courts and administrative bodies, such as patent offices, time and effort, they allow
branded drug firms to charge monopoly prices and in a typical deal
there may be a two to three year delay in a cheaper version becoming available.
There is an alternative, however: Atomoxetine, known by its
brand name, Strattera, is the only nonstimulant ADHD
drug sold in the United States — and the first ADHD
drug to be approved specifically for adults, in 2002.
If you're still using a generic
drug store
brand deodorant
there is a good chance it's loaded with aluminium (a heavy metal), along with other nasty ingredients.
There is no yucky smell like the
drug store
brands.
I think
there are better
drug store
brand liners that would work better and be able to apply as a stand alone product... this is not one of them.
Risperdal (the
brand name for risperidone) is not a veterinary
drug, so
there is no safety data in dogs.
It is an expensive
drug under its
brand name, but
there is a generic equivalent to the human form of the
drug (Eldepryl): selegiline hydrochloride.