Two-thousand eight has been dubbed the “year of the generic” pharmaceutical formulation, due — in part — to the increased intensity of the FDA approval process and the fundamental shift in health plan negotiations for price controls, such as that seen in the Medicare Part D pricesetting of drugs. There now comes more evidence that, among cardiovascular agents, generic formulations of the most commonly used preventive medications are just as effective as their branded counterparts. The meta-analysis was published in this week’s JAMA. | LINK
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