Not exact matches
The article described how an internal investigation conducted by a company executive, Dinesh Thakur, who went on to become a whistleblower, reported appalling deceit: Ranbaxy scientists substituted cheaper, lower - quality
ingredients in place
of better
ingredients, manipulated test parameters, and even bought brand -
name drugs and used them in place
of their own
generics to win FDA approval.
The rest
of the
ingredients... ice cream, sugar,
generic graham crackers, to
name a few... it definitely didn't make me think «smoothie», rather it made me think
of an unhealthy, high calorie, sugar - laden milkshake.
Ingredients must be listed in descending order
of ingoing weight and must be listed by common, descriptive or
generic name, using any
of: (i) a
name by which the
ingredient is commonly known; or (ii) a
name that describes the true nature
of the
ingredient (iii) a
generic name for the
ingredient that is specified in Schedule 10, in accordance with any conditions specified in that Schedule.
While approved
generics are required to be equivalent to their brand -
named counterparts in terms
of active
ingredients, some may wonder if a switch between
generics could cause problems for someone who relies on daily medication to control a severe, chronic condition, like seizures.
Generics are copies
of brand -
name drugs that contain identical active
ingredients and work the same way in the body.
One
of those compounds, monacolin K, is a naturally occurring form
of lovastatin, the active
ingredient in Mevacor, a brand -
name statin that was approved by the FDA in 1987 and now available as a
generic.
In many cases, the
generic or store brand item is
of comparable quality to the
name brand item and is made
of the same
ingredients if not the same formula.
It's also important to look for
generic or ambiguous - sounding
ingredients: «animal fat» and «meat meal» are
generic because they do not
name a specific animal and could be
of questionable quality.
Prices can add up quickly, so go for
generic instead
of brand
name — they contain the same active
ingredients and are usually just as effective.
The main active
ingredient of the Corexit is given only by its
generic chemical
name.
Generic Drug is a cheaper duplicate
of a brand
name drug with the same active
ingredients, producing the same effect, available when the brand
name drug is no longer patent protected.