For the complete story, read my previous blog: Drug Prices - Part I, posted on December 16th before you read this.
Generic drug manufacturers can offer their products at lower prices than the company that initially developed a given drug because they aren't required to repeat costly animal and clinical research on ingredients or drugs already approved. In 2002, generic sales accounted for over 50% of all prescriptions in the US and in the next five years several highly successful drugs will...
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