Generics: world and domestic practice


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The article provides historical data on the world drug legislation, primarily regarding generics. The types of generics, their differences and methods of production are described. Katherine Katherine Eban’s journalistic investigation on the issue of quality of generics is also being discussed. Two branded Russian generics, Kalmirex and Flamadex, are presented; research on their pharmaceutical equivalence is considered.

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E. Yu Plotnikova

Kemerovo State Medical University

Email: eka-pl@rambler.ru
MD, Professor, Head of the Course of Clinical Gastroenterology

A. S Sukhikh

Kemerovo State Medical University

T. Yu Gracheva

Kemerovo State Medical University

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