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<div class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Meghana</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:meghana@haiap.org">meghana@haiap.org</a>></span><br>
<div text="#336666" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre>Reuters reports that researchers have identified studies that evaluate brand-name drugs and generic drugs which suggest that brand-name drugs do not appear superior to generic drugs:
<a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUKTRE4B188Z20081202" target="_blank">http://uk.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUKTRE4B188Z20081202</a>
A short synopsis of the study appears in the online Journal of the American Medical Association:
<a href="http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/300/21/2514" target="_blank">http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/300/21/2514</a>
<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There is no evidence that brand-name drugs given to treat heart and other cardiovascular conditions work any better </p><p>than their cheaper generic counterparts, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.</p>
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