Generic - equivalent drugs use in internal and general medicine patients: distrust, confusion, lack of certainties or knowledge? Part 1. Pharmacological issues

Generic - equivalent drugs use in internal and general medicine patients: distrust, confusion, lack of certainties or knowledge? Part 1. Pharmacological issues

Despite compelling evidence and guidelines, in Italy, generic/equivalent drugs are still underused. The failure to adopt existing generic drugs may result into a missed opportunity to further reduce healthcare costs. Equivalent drugs are approved based on data deriving from bioequivalence studies. I...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Roberto Nardi, Marco Masina, Giorgio Cioni, Paolo Leandri, Paola Zuccheri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2014-05-01
Series:Italian Journal of Medicine
Subjects:
generic drugs, equivalent drugs, drugs with expired patent, pharmacological issues, pharmaceutical equivalence, therapeutic equivalence, bioequivalence and bioavailability, biowaivers.
Online Access:http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/398

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http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/398

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