Sentence examples for a generic equivalent for from inspiring English sources

Although the osteoporosis drug Actonel does not have a generic equivalent, for example, another one — Fosamax — does.

In February, KV received U.S. approval to market a generic equivalent of hypertension treatment Lotensin.

A generic equivalent of this antibody drug would greatly help patients who have been prescribed Humira (adalimumab).

If someone wants to take a brand-name oral contraceptive and there is a generic equivalent available, for example, a P.B.M. might require her to pay the price difference.

Although policies on GS vary from country to country, the policies usually allow the authority to substitute a cheaper generic equivalent for an off-patent original product to a physician (prescribing by international non-proprietary nomenclature) and/or a pharmacist (dispensing of the product preferred by the policy maker or payer).

Nor for Watson, which sells a generic equivalent.

The brand name wholesales at $28.36 for a package of 100; a generic equivalent is only $11.14.

In 2009, the Department of Health consulted on a proposal for the introduction of generic substitution (allowing pharmacists to fulfil a prescription for a branded medicine by dispensing a generic equivalent) in primary care in England.

Carol Cox, a spokesman for Barr, said that Seasonale sales reached $120 million in the 12 months ended June 2006, before a generic equivalent by Watson entered the market.

Roughly 75percentt of all premium drugs have a generic equivalent or alternative.

She also noted that while the overall cost had decreased as more Americans took generic drugs, the prices for brand-name drugs had jumped in recent years, driving up costs for people with medical conditions that require them to take drugs without a generic equivalent.