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changes one ingredient, gets new patent, launches ad campaign -- nm

Posted by Pharma companies (aka znufrii) Jul 1 '09, 10:32

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- Actually there's increasing evidence that they aren't quite as good. - pmb Jul 1, 10:45
- but that information doesn't have nearly as good of a marketing department. - znufrii Jul 1, 10:37
- you'd need a pharma degree to understand it. -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 10:35 6
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    - to me, the problem is the docs who prescribe the brand new stuff and I have no idea that there is something similar available for much less -- nm - crash davis Jul 1, 10:42 2
      - I have actually looked for that information, and not shockingly, it's hard to find. -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 10:44
      - or fail to suggest a cheaper, just as effective, alternative when a patient requests the brand name drug. -- nm - znufrii Jul 1, 10:44
    - doesn't help with the drugs that get tweaked, re=patented, and marketed as new. -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 10:41
    - That's an unusual way to congratulate me on my new job at the bowling alley, but thanks. (nm) - musubi Jul 1, 10:41

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