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Update 5/17/2018: The FDA has now launched the website listing the names of brand name drugs and their makers who have stood in the way of generic drug companies trying to make more affordable alternatives. You can view the list here. It includes notable medications, such as Accutane (for acne), Methadone (used for opioid dependency), and Tracleer (to treat high blood pressure in the lungs). The brand name drug makers to be shamed includes big hitters such as Celgene Corp, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Gilead Sciences Inc, and Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, now a Johnson & Johnson company. Our original story, published May 16, is unedited below.
The Food and Drug Administration plans this week to effectively begin publicly shaming brand-name drug companies that stand in the way of competitors trying to develop cheaper generic drugs.
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb told reporters on Monday and Tuesday that the agency will unveil a website on Thursday, May 17 that names names of such companies. More specifically, the website will publicly reveal the identity of 50 branded drugs and their makers that have blocked generic development. The website will also be updated "on a continuous basis" to list additional names.
In fielding questions from reporters, Gottlieb denied that the effort was a form of public shaming. "I don't think this is publicly shaming," Gottlieb said, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. "I think this is providing transparency in situations where we see certain obstacles to timely generic entry."
(Score: 2) by crafoo on Sunday May 20 2018, @07:51AM (3 children)
Ironically, actually taking that particular acne medicine may kill you. It's one of the side effects. Of course they say it's rare, but once you personally know someone who's died from it.. well, death seems like a somewhat absurd side effect for acne medicine.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by bzipitidoo on Sunday May 20 2018, @12:55PM (2 children)
And there is a much, much better way to deal with acne: cut back on sugar. If you do have something sugary, in enough quantity that plaque rapidly builds up in your mouth, brush your teeth and tongue afterwards. I have also found that brushing my teeth can help curb cravings for sweets. Maybe the sugar loving bacteria in the mouth are able to influence their hosts to crave more sugar?
Big Pharma neglects to tell people stuff like that. I've concluded that capitalism has seriously warped our health care. Money is first. Patients are definitely secondary to money. That's why there's much more focus on treatments than cures, and all the myriad other tricks they pull to increase their profits at our expense, you know, expiration dates on medicine that are way too soon, the whole idea of marketing drugs directly to patients, bribing doctors, trying to scare people away from generics and Canadian drugs by slyly implying their quality is suspect, doing a little regulatory capture, and so on.
(Score: 2) by termigator on Sunday May 20 2018, @04:23PM
Also look at diet and the possibility of an allergy to what you eat.
I have a relative that had blood test showing they have an allergy to dairy. Once they stopped consuming dairy, their acne went away.
(Score: 2) by Mykl on Monday May 21 2018, @02:40AM
I had teenage acne until I stopped using soap on my face. As soon as I changed that (use soap on the rest of the body, just not the face), everything cleared up.
Probably not a cure for seriously bad acne, but for the standard-grade teenage type, it worked for me.