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Drug Companies are Sitting on Generics—43% of Recently Approved Aren’t for Sale

posted by martyb on Sunday February 10 2019, @01:53PM   Printer-friendly
from the just-greed dept.

upstart writes:

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Drug companies are sitting on generics—43% of recently approved aren't for sale

Of the more than 1,600 generic drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration since January of 2017, more than 700—or 43 percent—are not for sale in the US, according to a new analysis by Kaiser Health News.

The finding means that many pricy, brand-name drugs are not facing the competition that could help drive down soaring prices. Among the drugs missing in action are generic versions of the expensive blood thinner Brilinta and the HIV medication Truvada. Moreover, of the approved drugs that would offer a brand-name drug its first competition, 36 percent are being held off the market, the analysis found.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 10 2019, @09:37PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 10 2019, @09:37PM (#799232)

    Here is the mechanism: Child is forced to take vaccine. Child gets autism. How hard is it to understand, when you have a direct cause and an effect like that.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 10 2019, @09:53PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 10 2019, @09:53PM (#799237)

    I assume you're a troll, but I'll quote one of the most important scientific maxims. Correlation != causation.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 10 2019, @10:06PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 10 2019, @10:06PM (#799243)

      Measles vaccine success is based on correlation = causation though.

      They never did an RCT, and at the same time as introducing the vaccine they also introduced blood tests (which are much more specific than clinical symptoms only) and a public health campaign to convince people to stop spreading measles on purpose (which a was a practice meant to ensure you got measles as a child rather than adult).

    • (Score: 2) by RandomFactor on Sunday February 10 2019, @10:31PM

      by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Sunday February 10 2019, @10:31PM (#799252) Journal

      Bit too over the top for a troll, I assumed it was sarcasm.

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  • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Monday February 11 2019, @02:52AM (1 child)

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Monday February 11 2019, @02:52AM (#799348)

    You might be interested to know that Andrew Wakefield lied about that and was struck off.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 11 2019, @08:30PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 11 2019, @08:30PM (#799736)

      you might be interested to know that not everyone bases their opinions on a fucking meme!