Rx Note

Introduction When a customer walks into your pharmacy to purchase medications, you will offer them 2 options: original brand or generic brand. Although generic brand is much cheaper, there are many patients who have total loyalty to proprietary brand, and point that generic brand is the cheaper brand, and hence, an inferior brand with more adverse effects profile. But, is this a fact? NOTE: Do you know that? Sandoz is a division of the Novartis Group, focusing on generic pharmaceutical and biosimilars. Winthrop is a Sanofi Company which aims to make it possible for patients to receive high-quality Sanofi generic pharmaceutical products at an affordable price. Generic Drugs Typically, a new drug will have a patent protection of typically 20 years. Once the patent expires, a pharmacologically equivalent version may be sold as a "generic" version of the brand name drug. The generic drug manufacturer must ensure that the drug they are producing contains the same active ingredi...

Introduction Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by abnormal cell growth that can invade or spread to other parts of the body. These are in contrast to benign tumours, which do not spread. A carcinogen can be defined as a substance or an exposure that has the potential to cause cancer. Several national and international agencies review available scientific evidence to assess the cancer-causing potential of various substances. International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) The IARC , established in 1965, is part of the World Health Organization (WHO). Since 1971, more than 1000 agents have been evaluated , of which more than500 have been identified as carcinogenic, probably carcinogenic or possibly carcinogenic to humans. The Working Group classifies an agent into one of four categories. Group 1: Carcinogenic to humans Group 2A: Probably carcinogenic to humans Group 2B: Possibly carcinogenic to humans Group 3: Not classifiable as to its carcinogenicity in humans The classifi...