[afro-nets] Clinical equivalence of brand-name drugs and generics drugs

Reuters reports that researchers have identified studies that evaluate brand-name drugs and generic drugs which suggest that brand-name drugs do not appear superior to generic drugs:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUKTRE4B188Z20081202

A short synopsis of the study appears in the online Journal of the American Medical
Association:http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/300/21/2514

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There is no evidence that brand-name drugs given to treat heart and other cardiovascular conditions work any better than their cheaper generic counterparts, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

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