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Brazil speeds up approval process for generics and biologicals
2015-02-18 Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency [Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária, ANVISA] announced on 3 June 2014 the publication of a new guideline for generics and… Read More »
The global biologicals market
2015-02-16 Global spending on medicines is expected to reach the US$1 trillion threshold in 2014 and rise to US$1.2 trillion by 2017. This increase is mainly… Read More »
Promoting generics prescribing in the UK
2015-02-12 Possible ways to encourage more prescribing of generics in the UK include financial incentives with educational intervention and audit/feedback, according to a review of data… Read More »
WHO calls for better science-based regulations for biosimilars
2015-02-10 The sixty-seventh World Health Assembly (WHA) of the World Health Organization (WHO) closed on 24 May 2014, after adopting more than 20 resolutions on public… Read More »
Patients’ perception of generics in the Philippines
2015-02-06 A survey of patients in the Philippines showed that less than half were offered a generic drug alternative and even fewer asked for a generic… Read More »
ABPI issues updated position paper on biosimilars
2015-02-04 On 14 May 2014, the association that represents innovative research-based biopharmaceutical companies in the UK, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), issued the… Read More »
Generic atypical antipsychotic drugs in Belgium
2015-02-02 Health authorities are continually looking to increase the utilization of low cost generics to save considerable monies without compromising care, given the ever increasing pressure… Read More »
Physicians’ views on generics in the Philippines
2015-01-30 A survey of physicians in the Philippines has revealed that five out of six drugs are prescribed using generic names, with physicians in the public… Read More »
Impact of delisting ARBs in Denmark
2015-01-28 Health authorities are looking to increase the utilization of low cost generics to save considerable resources without compromising care. This includes Denmark [1]. Patent-protected angiotensin… Read More »
Pharmacists’ attitudes towards generics in Czech Republic
2015-01-26 A study carried out in the Czech Republic found that whether pharmacists routinely carried out generics substitution depended on their familiarity with the relevant legislation… Read More »
