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

Pharmacy Checkers

Joe and Teresa Graedon, founders of The People’s Pharmacy , not only have an admirable track record of telling health consumers how it is, but also listening to those in their readership. 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). A PhRMA spokesperson told Pharmaceutical Technology that health insurance plans and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) pay less today for insulin than they did 15 years ago.

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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 ). pharmacies. Let’s call him John.

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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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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

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. 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.