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One of the most common misperceptions in healthcare is the widespread belief that generic drugs are somehow inferior in quality to recognizable brand ...
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...Which drugs are covered and how much you pay for generic vs. bbrand-name drugs may differ among health plans. Be sure ...
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The Hatch-Waxman Act, a piece of legislation that seeks to foster generic competition for brand-name pharmaceuticals, has led to the troubling practice of reverse-payment settlements. In such settlements, the brand-name company pays the generic company a sum of money to delay the generic's entry into the market. Thus, the settlements raise antitrust concerns, but they also are complicated by the patent regime at play. This Note considers some of the prevailing antitrust theories used to analyze such settlements and looks at the three circuit courts that have addressed these payments. It concludes that no circuit split currently exists and that the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003, which amended Hatch-Waxman, has curbed the potential for antitrust violations. Further, this Note combine...
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... offering lower prices on over 300 generic drugs to meet the healthcare needs and healthcare budget...A complete list of medications (by brand, condition, and generic name) is included with thi...
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...-run competitive effects of authorized generic drugs in the prescription drug marketplace. Before... of any pharmaceutical drug, whether brand-name or generic. The Hatch-Waxman Act establishes ...
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... hospital services 3.07 3.19 Prescription drugs (pharmacy) 3.90 3.88 90 day prescriptions (mail orrder) 3.33 3.28 Cost of generic vs. brand name drugs 4.11 4.12 Lab services 3.03 3...
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... practice in Destin, Florida, under the name “Doctors on Call.” Under Florida law, ph... in his patients and continued to prescribe drugs even when patients were “out of control with the... brands of pain medicine because they worked better than ggenerics. Dr. Parran testified, however, that there is no m...
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... on a different footing: the use of generic prices by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) as a Com... allowed for generic competition while the branded drug was under patent protection. Under that syste... low-income citizens to receive necessary drugs while maintaining their affordability. Once a drug...'s marketing efforts and the Zantac brand name. Consequently, Justice Rip concluded that the diff...
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... and pharmaceutical companies (including generic producers) should take measures to promote the tra... Costs of Essential Medicines", Essential Drugs Monitor, Medicine Prices Special Supplement, Issue...That is a fallacy. Common names should not be patented as trademarks. This was con... of Japan, known for its Panasonic brand. IBM's move puts it at the vanguard of a movement ...
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...'s importance to the developing world as a generic drug producer cannot be overstated. Dubbed the "ph... the development and distribution of generic drugs. (3) The proliferation of these low-cost alternatiives to name-brand, patented drugs has had a profound impact on...