Posted by Sad Panda on April 23, 2004, at 15:17:42
In reply to Re: Serzone/nefazodone still available outside U.S.?, posted by Rick on April 22, 2004, at 14:19:17
> > > You can still get it here in Australia, but I thought that it was a maufacturers decision to stop making it?
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> > I guess it truly must have been a manufacturer's decision there if you can still get it as a generic (or whatever the term for a non-branded med is in Australia). I know Bristol-Myers-Squibb has cited low-sales for the pull-out of the brand in some countries (including Australia), but I wonder if this decision might have factored in the chances of eventual forced discontinuation.
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> > Rick
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> Panda, I have a follow-up to my reply already. I did a quick search, and see that maybe you *were* talking about the brand. The article below says that the plug won't be pulled until May, and implies that nefazodone will be completely unavailable to Aussies after that. It talks about whether the pullout will create problems for some people. Funny, in the U.S. generic drug manufacturers rushed to start making nefazodone as soon as BMS's patent expired. I wonder why the same doesn't happen in Australia if the pullout is not government-mandated?
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> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/22/1074732543948.html?from=storyrhs
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>We are only 20 million people, about the size of New York state I think population wise, so I doubt that a generic manufacturer would bother with us.
Cheers,
Panda.
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