Objective To investigate negative perceptions about generic medicines and evaluate the
proportions of lay people, doctors and pharmacists who hold these perceptions. Design A …

Background Considerable emphasis is presently being placed on usage of generic
medicines by governments focussed on the potential economic benefits associated with …

El objetivo del estudio fue conocer la percepción de la población con respecto a
medicamentos genéricos, frente a los medicamentos de marca, en hospitales del Perú …

Although patient acceptance is important for biosimilar adoption and reducing healthcare
costs, many patients perceive biosimilars to be unsafe and have concerns about switching …

Abstract Background and Objective Considerable emphasis is placed on the use of generic
medicines because of the potential economic benefits associated with their use. The …

Abstract Background The Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 passed
into law in July 2013 and legislated for generic substitution in Ireland. The aim of the study …

Policy makers and insurers promote the use of generic drugs because they can deliver large
savings without sacrificing quality. But these efforts meet resistance from the public, who …

Background Generic medicine prescribing has become common practice in many countries.
However, data regarding the perceptions of stakeholders (patients, prescribers and …

Background. To benefit from cost-savings associated with generic medicine use; in June
2013, Ireland introduced generic substitution and reference pricing. The attitudes and …

Coercive measures to protect public health are controversial, eliciting questions regarding
state-patient relationships and conflicts between individual autonomy and public good. This …