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When FDA-Approved Generics Fail: Brand Wellbutrin XL Antidepressant is Cheaper from Canada

Pharmacy Checkers

Years ago, they took on the Food and Drug Administration in regards to Budeprion XL distributed by Teva Pharmaceuticals, the supposed generic equivalent to the popular antidepressant, Wellbutrin XL. Many readers complained that it just wasn’t cutting it compared to the brand name version. Just switch back to the brand!”

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California’s low-cost insulin plans receive $100m manufacturing boost

Pharmaceutical Technology

CivicaRx is a non-profit generic drug company producing affordable insulin biosimilars in collaboration with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). In-house manufacturing the norm. Most of the US insulin market is controlled by three pharma companies: Sanofi, Eli Lilly, and Novo Nordisk.

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Even Drugs Manufactured in America are not “Made in the USA”

Pharmacy Checkers

PharmacyChecker pays close attention and has performed considerable research related to where drugs are made. Most notably, by researching drug labels and contacting drug companies, we found that 71% of brand name drugs sold in the U.S. The Januvia package reads “Formulated in UK.” How do we know?

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Can you trust Turkey-approved Alipza? Is it the same as U.S.-Approved Livalo?

Pharmacy Checkers

A friend of mine, who has very difficult to control cholesterol, was prescribed Livalo, an FDA-approved brand of the drug pitavastatin. He went to our site to discover that brand-name Livalo ( pitavastatin ). He went to our site to discover that brand-name Livalo ( pitavastatin ). Is the drug safe?

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Our abysmal health care system

World of DTC Marketing

Once limited to a few new treatments, it’s now being applied widely, even to generic drugs and established regimens.?The Andrew Witty, its CEO, had a 2021 pay package worth $18.4 Medicare drug insurance is a product of compromise after decades of debate in Congress. Prior authorization is out of control. The result:?

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Through the Looking Glass: Is FDA really the “Gold Standard” in Drug Safety?

Pharmacy Checkers

The GAO’s preliminary analysis on inspections brings back into light what Katherine Eban so passionately – and dramatically – exposed in her book Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom.” When it comes to the approval of new drugs, brand and generic, the systems of the U.S.

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FDA Drafts Guidance to Allow Lower-Cost Foreign Drug Imports From Any Country

Pharmacy Checkers

It’s not entirely clear to me what drugs are permissible under Pathway II and it won’t be until the draft guidance is made public. The discussion below applies to brand-name (not generic) drugs. Drug companies make their products in many countries and ship those same drugs around the world to different markets.