generic medicine
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgenericandmedicine
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generic
adjective
uk/dʒəˈner.ɪk/us/dʒəˈner.ɪk/
formal
shared by, typical of, or relating to a whole group of similar things, rather than to any ...
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medicine
noun
uk/ˈmed.ɪ.sən/us/ˈmed.ɪ.sən/
treatment for illness or injury, or the study ...
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(Definition ofgenericandmedicinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofgeneric medicine
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Virtually any medicine (except fromgenericmedicine) can be obtained with a discount.
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In most cases, receiving agenericmedicineis fully appropriate and effective for patient treatment and should continue.
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The report recommended that, in principle, economic analysis should be pursued for all pharmaceuticals, but only simple price comparisons should be undertaken for generic medicines.
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Generic substitution would have meant that a prescription written for a branded product by a doctor would result in a pharmacist giving the patient agenericmedicine.
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This was followed by a new reimbursement scheme, based on a generic medicines price reference system.
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Furthermore, the changes also mention the fact that diseases should be treated with local,genericmedicine rather than expensive treatments and that doctors will be able to negotiate their salary.
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It can be used for manufacture or to import generic medicines.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Prescribers need to ensure that their prescribing practice is cost-effective as well as clinically effective, explains this author, and prescribing generic medicines can help with this.
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They facilitate access to products for all patients and encourage scientific research by supporting essential growth in generic medicines.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
This has coincided with a sudden and sharp rise in the cost of generic medicines.
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There can be no doubt that extending patent protection would limit access to the market for generic medicines.
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He is completely aware that it is important to protect patent rights whilst allowing generic medicines to enter the internal market.
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We need to get the balance right with access to generic medicines and innovation and research and the needs of the pharmaceutical companies.
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The market has changed over the past three years, and it has shown success in improving the use of generic medicines.
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We have put in place a fundamental review of the generic medicines market to consider how we can best achieve these and related objectives.
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The reimbursement prices to community pharmacists and dispensing doctors of high usage generic medicines are negotiated directly with the generic manufacturers.
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The scheme will remain in place pending decision on longer-term arrangements for the supply and reimbursement of generic medicines.
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Generic medicines still do not have a significant enough place on the medicines market.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The term ‘generic medicines’ has been introduced for the first time.
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In fact, analysis has shown that generic medicines on the one hand and innovations by pharmaceutical laboratories on the other are not contradictory.
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