Are Generic LMWHs Equivalent to the Innovator Products?

Are Biosimilars Identical to the Reference Products?

Are Biosimilars Identical to the Reference Products?

The Interchangeability of Innovator and Generic Drugs

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluation (Orange Book) [2]. Generic drugs offer a powerful approach to cost savings for the patients. As a result patient compliance to the treatment increases [1,2]. In the year 2008 alone, generic drugs accounted for 69% of all prescriptions dispensed in the USA, yet only 16% of the cost in US dollar we...

are biosimilars identical to the reference products?

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In vitro and in vivo comparison of the anti-staphylococcal efficacy of generic products and the innovator of oxacillin

BACKGROUND Oxacillin continues to be an important agent in the treatment of staphylococcal infections; many generic products are available and the only requirement for their approval is demonstration of pharmaceutical equivalence. We tested the assumption that pharmaceutical equivalence predicts therapeutic equivalence by comparing 11 generics with the innovator product in terms of concentratio...