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Stories about: generic drugs

FDA Approves Generic Version of Drug Against Schizophrenia Yesterday, October 24, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finally sanctioned the use of the generic version of two brand drugs for the treatment of bipolar disorder (BPD) and schizophrenia. The newly-approved drugs are the generic versions of Zyprexa (olanzapine tablets) and Zyprexa Zydus (olanzapine orally ... 25 October 2011 15:01 GMT Generic Drugs Could Prevent Deaths in Global Pandemics The current swine flu pandemic has also drawn attention to a very worrying fact – throughout the world, millions of people could lose their lives because they don't have access to affordable supplies of antiviral drugs and vaccines. In fact, statisticians estimate, more than 90 percent of the world's ... 15 June 2009 16:51 GMT The FDA Is In Over Its Head with Generic Drug Labeling The American Food and Drug Administration is currently backed into a corner, as reports about generic drugs being inefficient keep coming in, despite the fact that the FDA approved and cleared them as being equivalent to the brand-name products they are to substitute at a lower price. Independent analysts discovered ... 7 October 2008 03:24 GMT