The retail juggernaut has held preliminary talks with makers
of generic drugs about its potential entry into the pharmacy space, according to people familiar with the discussions.
Not exact matches
Nothing
about the
drug has changed in that time, and the fact that it's
generic flies in the face
of the argument that lack
of generic competition is the reason for drastic price hikes.
Lawmakers and regulators (and presidential hopefuls) have been ramping up their scrutiny
of drug pricing practices amid several flagrant instances
of alleged price gouging (see Turing Pharmaceuticalsand Valeant), and consumer advocates are becoming more vocal
about the price
of even
generic pharmaceuticals.
FILE PHOTO: A building belonging to
generic drug producer Teva, Israel's largest company with a market value
of about $ 57 billion, is seen in Jerusalem March 23, 2010.
While most
of the attention on pharmaceutical prices has been on new
drugs for diseases like cancer, hepatitis C and high cholesterol, there is also growing concern
about huge price increases on older
drugs, some
of them
generic, that have long been mainstays
of treatment.
The FDA's action cuts off a vital supply line for the company, given that the plant reportedly makes
about 70 %
of the ingredients that Ranbaxy uses to make its U.S.
drugs, including the
generic version
of Lipitor taken by millions
of Americans.
In fact, a 2009 FDA study showed that
of 2,070 orally administered
generic drug products approved by the agency between 1996 to 2007,
generics differ in bioequivalency from brand names, on average, by
about 3.5 percent; less than two percent varied by more than 10 percent.
Meanwhile, on the regulatory front, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the new commissioner
of the Food and
Drug Administration, has spoken extensively
about creating provisions to speed
generic drugs to the market.
Patients can now feel safe
about substituting
generics (
of their antiepileptic
drug) without concerns
of interactions or undesired effects.»
For example, ninety 10 - mg tablets
of generic simvastatin, a
drug used to lower cholesterol, sell for around $ 90, while the same amount
of Zocor, the brand - name version, costs
about $ 400.
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Generic versions
of one
of our
drugs are
about to become available, which will hurt our profits.
At issue is whether the Supreme Court should reinforce its 2011 ruling that protected
generic drug manufacturers from state products liability claims accusing them
of not warning
about possibly dangerous side effects.
Pfizer sells
about 600
generic medicines, including at least 40 that it made a deal for this week that it will sell in the United States; and Teva now reportedly gets
about 30 %
of its revenue from branded
drugs.
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