Background Access to safe, effective, affordable, and quality medicines is an essential
component of the right to health and is also one of the targets in the global development …

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 …

Health is wealth; in this regard, it suffices to state that, legally and ethically, a trained medical
doctor must prescribe and treat an individual that is diagnosed with any illness. However, in …

Background Generic medicines are similar to innovator medicine in terms of safety, quality,
efficacy, dosage form, strength, and route of administration. They have the same therapeutic …

Objective To evaluate pharmacists' knowledge, perceptions and practices towards generic
substitution in the 11 pilot locations in China. Design An online cross-sectional survey using …

Objective To investigate the pharmaceutical equivalence of ten brands of ibuprofen tablets
(400 mg) purchased from pharmacies in Benin City, Nigeria. Methods The drug samples …

BACKGROUND: Introduction of biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs)
has revolutionized treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, due to …

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

Background Regulating pharmaceutical markets have become a key strategy by most
governments in ensuring the availability and accessibility of quality medicines to its citizens …