# \[e-drug\] Effectiveness of Generics compared to brands (cont'd) **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [July 29, 2004, 7:02am UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-effectiveness-of-generics-compared-to-brands-contd/20198 "2004-07-29T07:02:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![F.CANKAT\_TULUNAY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/65b543/32.png) [@F.CANKAT\_TULUNAY](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/F.CANKAT_TULUNAY)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 7:02am UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-effectiveness-of-generics-compared-to-brands-contd/20198/1 "2004-07-29T07:02:41Z")
E-drug: Effectiveness of Generics compared to brands (cont'd) ---------------------------------------------   Dear all,    Who is giving a guarantee for the bioequivalence of innovators drug in different countries. Tegretol (carbamazepine) is a good example. Brand name carbamazepines (TEGRETOLs) manufactures in different countries were not bioequivalent. This is an important issue for parallel import and scientific point of view. Turkish Ministry of Health is forcing generic companies to proof their bioequivalence. But they are not asking any bioequivalence study from innovator companies for their Turkish manufactured drugs. Ironically, local companies manufacturing same drug both for themselves and for innovators. Is there any other country like this?    Prof. Dr. F. Cankat Tulunay    President of Turkish Clinical Pharmacological Society "F.CANKAT TULUNAY" \ -- To send a message to E-Drug, write to: e-drug@healthnet.org To subscribe or unsubscribe, write to: majordomo@healthnet.org in the body of the message type: subscribe e-drug OR unsubscribe e-drug To contact a person, send a message to: e-drug-help@healthnet.org Information and archives: [http://www.essentialdrugs.org/edrug](http://www.essentialdrugs.org/edrug)