Healthy Skepticism Library item: 8245

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Publication type: Journal Article

Kay A.
State of the art. Part 1. Generic medicines
Pharmaceutical Journal 1997 Apr 19; 258:554-559

Abstract:

Various aspects of the generic drug market and of the prescribing and dispensing of generic medications in the United Kingdom (UK) are discussed, including the major participants, new entrants, and attractiveness of the UK generic market, consolidation of pharmaceutical companies, potential effects on the market of the expiration of patents for captopril (Capoten) and ranitidine hydrochloride (Zantac), effects of the Drug Tariff on generic drug costs, exclusivity of clinical drug data in the pharmaceutical industry, patient pack dispensing, and trends in generic prescribing.