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

Pharmacy Checkers

This post is mostly a story about a very well manufactured, safe and effective, foreign version of an FDA-approved drug. These drugs are normally far less expensive than the FDA-approved version sold in the U.S. pharmacies. That word “same” is hard to answer when it comes to prescription drugs.

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

Pharmacy Checkers

wholesale importation of lower-cost drugs. Opponents of Americans buying less expensive drugs from overseas pharmacies (i.e. Food and Drug Administration exemplifies the “gold standard” in drug safety. drug regulatory system, see: How FDA Approves Drugs and Regulates Their Safety and Effectiveness.

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

Pharmacy Checkers

It doesn’t relate – at least not directly – to personal drug importation, but it frees the hands of drug companies to sell their own foreign versions of FDA-approved drugs at lower prices in the U.S. Its indirect relation to personal drug importation is noted at the end of this post. This is surprising.

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Exforge antitrust settlement caps Novartis’ year of legal disputes

Pharmaceutical Technology

In the case of Novartis’ antihypertensive drug Exforge (amlodipine and valsartan), retail pharmacies including CVS, Walgreens, and two other plaintiff groups accused Novartis and Endo International’s Par Pharmaceutical unit of forming an illegal “reverse payment” agreement to delay the launch of less expensive generic versions of the drug.

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Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking titled “Importation of Prescription Drugs, FDA-2019-N-5711, 84 Fed. Reg. 70796”

Pharmacy Checkers

Founded in 2002, and launching its website in 2003, PharmacyChecker provides consumers with online pharmacy verification and comparative drug price information to help them make the best decisions for themselves and their families on how to afford prescription drugs. counterparts. Part J is written in three sections.