Generics vs cardiovascular diseases

• April 24, 2024

The medicines generic are effective and safe substances to treat all kinds of diseases , as cardiovascular . The active substances are released when the patent for a brand-name drug expires, so they have a cost that is more accessible to the public.

In this situation, the Health Secretary (Ssa) reported on the release of 19 generic drugs used to treat chronic degenerative diseases of high prevalence as the diabetes mellitus type 2, cholesterol high and tumors malignant, which cause cancers of pancreas Y pulmonary .

The federal health secretary , Solomon Chertorivski Woldenberg , delivered the sanitary registrations to manufacture the active substances Atorvastatin, Pioglitazone, Gemcitabine.

Chertorivski Woldenberg stressed that the implementation of this public policy reduces drug prices by up to 75%, which represents savings for patients and the sector by two thousand 590 million pesos, which are used to expand health coverage in the country. country.

The Ssa explained that on the website of the Cofepris listed generic drugs that have no protection for commercialization, so that people can know the drugs that have been shown to have the same effectiveness as the innovative drug.

Experts say that these types of products have the same benefits, characteristics and safety as brand-name drugs.

Characteristics of generics

This type of drugs must comply with certain characteristics so that the health authorities approve their commercialization. Among these, they stand out as being bioequivalent (they work the same as the brand-name drug) and have the same active ingredient as the original.

What do you prefer, use a generic or brand-name medication?

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