Posted on 03/01/2025 6:50:03 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
“Where generic drugs are manufactured can make a significant difference.”
“The FDA assures the public that all generics patterned after the same original drug should be equivalently safe and effective, however, this is not necessarily the case when it comes to generic drugs made in India,” added another co-author, George Ball, associate professor of operations and decision technologies at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.
Generic drugs manufactured in India are linked to significantly more “severe adverse events” for patients who use them than equivalent drugs produced in the United States, a new study finds.
These adverse events included hospitalization, disability, and in a few cases, death. Researchers found that mature generic drugs, those that had been on the market for a relatively long time, were responsible for the finding.
The results show that all generic drugs are not equal, even though patients are often told that they are, said John Gray, co-author of the study and professor of operations at The Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business.
“Drug manufacturing regulation, and therefore quality assurance practices, differ between emerging economies like India and advanced economies like the United States.”
“Overcoming this lack of transparency of drug manufacturing location is one of the major accomplishments of our study,” Gray said.
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Formularies really tick me off. I have a doctor. I do not need the insurance company to take his place.
Country of origin should be on the label!
I imagine one of the differences in the quality of generic drugs is the quality of the manufacturing facility and its equipment. Without pristine conditions you’re more likely to get impurities into the finished goods.
total bullshit ... how come they didn’t look into the poisonous “generics” manufactured in China? ... you know, the ones being recalled all the time because they contain carcinogenic contaminates? ... actually, not JUST the generics, but in some cases the name brand medications!
I’d take Indian-made drugs any day of the week over ANYTHING made in China, and actually I do: i routinely import Indian-made drugs ... a recent extremely nasty sinus infection was completely knocked out with Indian-made Augmentin ...
Modafinil for me. Gotta be careful with it though, if I forget and take an extra dose I'm at risk of Hulking out.
At 72 years old I don't have much Hulk left in me, but probably still enough to get me jailed and/or divorced.
Agreed. Sometimes it is in in fine print.
Lethally contaminated ‘generic’ over the counter eyedrops scandal from last year concerned a manufacturing plant in India: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-65171851
European countries, plus Israel and South Korea have stronger safety regulations and track records.
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