Posted by Squiggles on July 28, 2007, at 16:01:23
In reply to Re: Should all drugs be generic?, posted by Klavot on July 28, 2007, at 15:51:49
> Hi Squiggles
>
> > So, if they are bioequivalent, as the FDA assures us, and they are not targeted at poor people, then why make them at all?
>
> Once the patent to a drug expires, other pharmaceutical companies are able to profit by selling a generic version of that drug at a cheaper price.
>
> > p.s. it takes more than a molecule to make a drug in most cases i would think;
>
> Yes, but the active molecule is where most of the innovation lies.
>
> Klavot
Can't help it but my mind turns to biology and
parisitic opportunism. I wonder if there is a concept for that in Marketing Management.Squiggles
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