Record breaking! FDA's number of approved generic drugs reaches a new high 85 first exposure
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Last Update: 2019-10-27
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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Recently, the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that the number of generic drugs approved this year set a new record In fy2019, FDA reported 1171 generic approvals, including 935 full approvals and 236 interim approvals This is higher than last year's record of 971 generic approvals The FDA says generic drugs account for about 90 percent of all prescription drug purchases in the United States, saving the health care system about $293 billion last year due to generic competition Recently, the U.S FDA website published 85 first generic drugs approved in 2019, including first-aid drugs for opioid overdose and drugs for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension (PAH), breast cancer, epilepsy, depression and infectious diseases.
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