Posted by laima on February 24, 2007, at 18:42:45
In reply to Re: feeling freaked out that Barr bought Shire's A, posted by ttee on February 24, 2007, at 11:08:52
Bottom line message that I "got"- generics are given leeway by fda, allowing them to cut their costs.
That might mean not buying the premium raw materials, buying "impure" (but perfectly safe-as safe as for any drug) raw materials (per conversation with doctor), or maybe they simply use less (I guess per babble posters- up to 20% less?), they might save on production costs, (I rather doubt they all copy the premium production methods), they can use different "inactive" ingredients which lo and behold make a difference (ask nardil people-isn't that the med where the old version was more effective than the new for many- and all that was done was a switch of inactive ingredients? And I think that was brand, too- not sure if I remember that accurately-maybe someone else knows.) There are many areas where something can get different. And the fda seems more interested in monitoring "new" drugs than in overseeing existing generics. FDA is apparently, notoriously, er, not caught up on monitoring everything- whether that's meds, meat, or even spinach processing plants.
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