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A Short-Term Gain for a Long-Term Loss? The Build Back Better Act’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program Ignores Hatch-Waxman/BPCIA Realities. and that May Mean Big Bad Business for Generic Drug/Biosimilar Manufacturers

FDA Law Blog

139001 lays out a process by which the Secretary would: Identify “negotiation-eligible drugs” from among qualifying single-source drugs that are among the top 50 with the highest Part D spending, the top 50 with the highest Part B spending, and insulins. 5376 because the price of the brand-name drug/biologic may have been cut by 60%.

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Biosimilars vs. Interchangeable Biological Products: FDA Fact Check

XTalks

In order to fact-check some of these misconceptions, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently hosted a webinar on biosimilar and interchangeable biological products to help healthcare professionals understand more about these treatment options. Biosimilars are the “genericdrugs of the biopharma world.

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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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Modafinil alternatives: BEST cognitive enhancers

Druggist

Modafinil (brand name Provigil) is one of the primary drugs used in the management of narcolepsy in the UK. The public’s interest in modafinil comes from the drug’s association with a class of medicines called ‘ smart drugs ‘, also called nootropics and cognitive enhancers. Atomoxetine.

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Buscopan vs Mebeverine | OTC IBS treatment

Druggist

(video) Buscopan vs Mebeverine: mechanism of action and symptoms control Although used in the symptomatic treatment of the same condition, Buscopan and mebeverine are not the same drugs. Buscopan is a brand name for a drug called hyoscine butylbromide. Both products contain the same drug – hyoscine butylbromide.

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Update: FDA clears first generic of AZ’s blockbuster Symbicort

pharmaphorum

Viatris’ generic of Symbicort (budesonide and formoterol fumarate dihydrate) – developed by Viatris in collaboration with 3M spin-off company Kindeva Drug Delivery and called Breyna – has been cleared for the same indications as the brand, namely maintenance treatment for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

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China Opens the Door to Personal Medicine Imports and Third-Party Online Platform Sales

Pharmacy Checkers

The genesis of this change was the conviction and imprisonment of Lu Yong for trading in counterfeit drugs, at least as defined in China. He could not afford the brand drug Gleevec in China but discovered that there were lawfully made and sold generic versions in India. Mr. Lu had Leukemia.

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