The phrase "foreign medicines" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it when discussing medicines that are imported from another country, such as in the following sentence: "Due to the shortage of certain medicines in our country, we need to import foreign medicines from abroad."
In just the past month, the price of milk and yoghurt has jumped, foreign medicines have risen by a third and most brands of cigarettes cost about 20-50% more.
In addition, since the beginning of last year there has also been stronger patent protection for foreign medicines, so foreign firms are less nervous that conducting research in India will jeopardise their intellectual property.
Because Indian patent law forbids evergreening, the country's generic pharmaceutical companies have been able to produce affordable versions of foreign medicines to suit their nation's income.
In return for significant concessions in the international negotiations, they anticipate an improved standard of living, better access to foreign medicine, and significantly more foreign investment.
But this support rests on the assumption, held by most Iranians, that an agreement would result in better access to foreign medicine and medical equipment (61%), significantly more foreign investment (62%) and an improvement in living standards (55%), all within a year.
A group of highland fathers explained how they also had to consider the compatibility of a disease with a drug: " If the disease is suitable to the foreign medicine, you take a little bit to recover (FGD, Dao fathers).
Community education was particularly vital to dispel commonly held myths that vaccinating children against measles or taking children having measles to the hospital (i.e., using foreign medicine) increases the risk for death.
If a nuclear medicine trainee is a specialist of a clinical discipline and/or is after a long residency in Polish or foreign nuclear medicine departments, the specialization in nuclear medicine can be shortened to three years.
Every day patients and their relatives line up at special pharmacies in Tehran, where those suffering from cancer, hemophilia, thalassemia, kidney problems and other diseases are increasingly told the foreign-made medicines they need are no longer available.
The use of Chinese and other foreign patent herbal medicines (pills and tablets) in arthralgia treatment is highly prevalent and increasing in Thailand, but importing these medicines from the People's Republic of China and other foreign countries is usually rather expensive.
Most of the expenses are a drain on foreign exchange as medicines and car spare parts are imported.
