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Originally Posted by clavus
I agree 100% about good pens. There's a huge difference.
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My wife and some friends work for biotech companies. It is absolutely unbelieveable how much care (and expense) goes into manufacturing bio-meds. They are not compiled by mixing chemicals. They are grown by living things and processed and refined. It's an incredibly intricate process.
Like I said, aspirin - OK. But if I had cancer, I'd want the real deal. Not something made in China that is "supposed" to be jut as good.
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The standards for generic drugs are not any lower than for brand name drugs. And brand name drugs are just as likely to be produced abroad as generics.
In fact, I have never come across a single study that found any difference in outcomes between generics and brand name.
More importantly:
Worried about generics?
"From 2004 through 2008, for example, generic drug companies received slightly fewer FDA "warning letters" about problems complying with good manufacturing practices than did brand-name ones, according the Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA), a trade group based in Arlington, Va. That's particularly notable, since there are far more generic than brand-name drugs on the market. "