Early Lessons From The REMS Battlefield

March 9, 2015

Generic pharmaceuticals save consumers billions of dollars each year. To be sure, the Generic Pharmaceutical Association estimates that in the past decade alone, generic pharmaceuticals saved the United States health system approximately $1.46 trillion dollars. Considering the enormous cost savings afforded by generic drugs, it comes as no surprise that brand name pharmaceutical companies have historically employed highly aggressive, and in some instances, unlawful tactics to prevent competing generic drugs from entering the market.

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