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  • Adding to the confusion, Pfizer has embarked on an ambitious plan to keep the brand-name drug's sales alive after the advent of generic versions, striking bargains with pharmacy-benefit managers to keep dispensing Lipitor for a time at generic prices and starting up a direct-mail service.

    Generic Lipitor Goes on Sale This Week: A Users' Guide Jonathan D. Rockoff 2011

  • Market share for generic drugs rose from 18 percent in 1984 to 47 percent in 1999—a rise attributed to both the purchasing power of managed care and the 1984 Hatch-Waxman Act, which abbreviates the FDA approval process for generic drugs and allows manufacturers of generic drugs to conduct their testing prior to the expiration of the brand name drug's patent.

    The Rule of Three Jagdish Sheth 2002

  • Market share for generic drugs rose from 18 percent in 1984 to 47 percent in 1999—a rise attributed to both the purchasing power of managed care and the 1984 Hatch-Waxman Act, which abbreviates the FDA approval process for generic drugs and allows manufacturers of generic drugs to conduct their testing prior to the expiration of the brand name drug's patent.

    The Rule of Three Jagdish Sheth 2002

  • Ernstoff called the drug's development a "major defining moment that will have an important effect on survival and quality of life" of many patients with melanoma and perhaps other forms of cancer.

    The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Rob Stein 2011

  • The trade group for generic drugmakers has argued that such settlements often bring generic drugs onto the market before the brand-name drug's patent has expired, but others insist they delay the launch of cheaper generic drugs, costing insurers and consumers more money.

    unknown title 2011

  • In January, the only U.S. manufacturer of sodium thiopental said it was discontinuing the drug's production because Italian authorities wanted a guarantee that it wouldn't be used to put inmates to death.

    States moving quickly to switch execution drug 2011

  • That conversation can help ensure that patients will take their medication, he says, by making the drug's benefits clearer to them and by making them feel more involved in their care.

    How Can You Help the Medicine Go Down? Katherine Hobson 2011

  • Most of the drug's new sales have been driven by patients outside the U.S. Company shares dipped 5 cents to $20.14 in afternoon trading.

    FDA adds heart warning to Pfizer anti-smoking pill 2011

  • Relapse rate and disability progression are the most common measures of a drug's effectiveness in the disease.

    Biogen Net Up; Shares Soar Thomas Gryta 2011

  • But that source dried up after the British government banned the drug's export for use in executions and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration began seizing supplies of the drug from Georgia and other states over questions of whether the states broke the law to get it.

    States moving quickly to switch execution drug 2011

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