[e-drug] Is Big Pharma the next target for attack? (cont'd)

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E-drug: Is Big Pharma the next target for attack? (cont'd)
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To follow up on Ken Harvey's comments:

For a more detailed discussion of functional equivalence of
esomeprazole (Nexium) to omeprazole (Prilosec or Losec), see the
Therapeutics Initiative newsletter, "Do single stereoisomer drugs
provide value?" http://www.ti.ubc.ca/pages/letter45.htm

Barbara Mintzes
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
University of British Columbia
tel (604) 822 0565; fax (604) 822 5690
bmintzes@chspr.ubc.ca
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