Something weird is happening with generic drugs even in this country. Apparently the major drug companies have found various legal, political, and regulatory methods to shut down, limit, or just buy out the generic makers to decrease competition for their much more expensive patented alternatives. This has been going on for some time but seems to have become dramatically more effective lately.
“This has been going on for some time but seems to have become dramatically more effective lately.”
My guess would be that companies are finally being fed up with being sued every time there is an untoward effect whether it has been warned about in the literature or not. Darvocet, a mild pain relief agent that has been on the market since at least the 60’s is, apparently, one of the latest drugs to be pounced upon by the legal sluts.