In fact, the companies have carefully steered clear of ingredients, dosages or claims that could raise a red flag to regulators.
If approved medicines with the same active ingredients, dosages, and forms are on the market, there cannot be a requirement for 'special needs', and financial considerations cannot be used as a justification.
According to the FDA, a generic pharmaceutical must have the same active ingredient, dosage form, strength, route of administration, quality and performance characteristics, and intended use as the brand name product.
Antiasthmatic therapies will be recorded in terms of active ingredient, dosage, duration and method of administration.
On the web site of the BNHI we could look up the ingredient, dosage form and strength of a drug according to its identification number.
As mentioned above, health professionals in northern European countries had a high level of confidence that a generic drug was identical to the branded analogue regarding the active ingredient, dosage, and therapeutic effects [ 17, 27, 34].
Via the PZN linkage to drug information systems is possible, allowing for characterization of the product with regard to e.g. the amount and type of active ingredient, dosage form, package size etc.
BHRT compounds vary by active ingredients, dose, and dosage form.
The NPS products would be sold from age restricted venues in packaging clearly stating ingredients and dosage.
For seven out of ten ingredients the dosage was specified on less than 50% of the websites.
