Clean vs. Junk - does it really matter?

CoachReddy

And I apologize for the confusion on the treatment cost. I wrote that sentence poorly - what I meant to write is that the cost of certain pills is 75 cent per day - the Pharma specific costs are about 20$ per day total in te US and can readily be halved with the arrival of generics. (Annals of internal med. jan 2013)

why haven't there been generics until now?

EvgeniZyntx

And I apologize for the confusion on the treatment cost. I wrote that sentence poorly - what I meant to write is that the cost of certain pills is 75 cent per day - the Pharma specific costs are about 20$ per day total in te US and can readily be halved with the arrival of generics. (Annals of internal med. jan 2013)

why haven't there been generics until now?

Intellectual property law.

CoachReddy

And I apologize for the confusion on the treatment cost. I wrote that sentence poorly - what I meant to write is that the cost of certain pills is 75 cent per day - the Pharma specific costs are about 20$ per day total in te US and can readily be halved with the arrival of generics. (Annals of internal med. jan 2013)

why haven't there been generics until now?

Intellectual property law.

so I assume a drug has to be on the market for a certain period of time before generics can be produced?

amberlykay1014

So.... I guess we're not talking about food anymore, huh? lol.. Carry on!

CoachReddy

So.... I guess we're not talking about food anymore, huh? lol.. Carry on!

hahaha right?

EvgeniZyntx

And I apologize for the confusion on the treatment cost. I wrote that sentence poorly - what I meant to write is that the cost of certain pills is 75 cent per day - the Pharma specific costs are about 20$ per day total in te US and can readily be halved with the arrival of generics. (Annals of internal med. jan 2013)

why haven't there been generics until now?

Intellectual property law.

so I assume a drug has to be on the market for a certain period of time before generics can be produced?

Not quite correct, patent protection is 20 years in the US from the time of application, whether you go to market or not. In reality market presence is about 5-12 years. Are you going anywhere with this line? Do you have issue with patent law?

Edit:typo.

CoachReddy

And I apologize for the confusion on the treatment cost. I wrote that sentence poorly - what I meant to write is that the cost of certain pills is 75 cent per day - the Pharma specific costs are about 20$ per day total in te US and can readily be halved with the arrival of generics. (Annals of internal med. jan 2013)

why haven't there been generics until now?

Intellectual property law.

so I assume a drug has to be on the market for a certain period of time before generics can be produced?

Not quite correct, patent protection is 20 years in the US from the time of application, whether you go to market or not. In reality market presence is about 5-12 years. Are you going anywhere with this line? Do you have issue with patent law?

Edit:typo.

nah I'm just curious since I know jack **** about it. so then why are there so many generics for every other type of med? I'm just confused as to why generics for HIV/AIDS seem to have taken longer to come out than with, say, reflux.

EvgeniZyntx

And I apologize for the confusion on the treatment cost. I wrote that sentence poorly - what I meant to write is that the cost of certain pills is 75 cent per day - the Pharma specific costs are about 20$ per day total in te US and can readily be halved with the arrival of generics. (Annals of internal med. jan 2013)

why haven't there been generics until now?

Intellectual property law.

so I assume a drug has to be on the market for a certain period of time before generics can be produced?

Not quite correct, patent protection is 20 years in the US from the time of application, whether you go to market or not. In reality market presence is about 5-12 years. Are you going anywhere with this line? Do you have issue with patent law?

Edit:typo.

nah I'm just curious since I know jack **** about it. so then why are there so many generics for every other type of med? I'm just confused as to why generics for HIV/AIDS seem to have taken longer to come out than with, say, reflux.

No, there are generics for some (edit) HIV drugs now in the US. For example AZT had a patent expiry AND three different generics available since 2005.

Edit 2: btw, the first filing for AZT generic in the US was requested within hours of the patent expiry and fast tracked by the FDA.