Thank you Margaret

[Guest guest]

Thank you Margaret for the cystic fibrosis site re enzymes. I don't see

Lipram on that list? But with me it's also what is considered a

generic, cause between by husbands & my drugs, I need to stick to the

generic since they( Humana) pay $12.00 against the brand name of full

price...ouch! I hope I did not speak too soon, as today I don't feel

too good again? I also probably need more than the 180 tablets per

month! Thanks again, & do you have C.F.? Mine is idiopathic, but I

suspect the auto-immune diseases in my family to also be a culprit.

Best wishes to you, Glentzes

[Guest guest]

No CF, I have Sjogren's Syndrome. Solvay sued Global in 2004 for

claiming that Lipram " " is equivalent to and substitutable for " their

product, Creon.

Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Global Pharmaceuticals, 2004WL 62718

(D. Minn. Jan. 9, 2004)

" The manufacturer argued that a majority of states prohibited drug

substitution of a generic for a brand name drug unless the substitute

is therapeutically equivalent to the brand (i.e., the drug is

identical in active ingredients, strength, dosage form, and rate and

extent of absorption), or the drug appears in the FDA's Orange Book, a

compendium of brand-name drugs listed along with their FDA-determined

therapeutic equivalents. In a few states generics needed only to be

pharmaceutically equivalent (i.e., having identical active

ingredients, strength, and dosage form) in order to be substituted.

Neither Creon nor Lipram currently appear in the Orange Book. "

The court said the FDA would have to settle it. Hopefully Global is

getting their ducks in a row since they have applied for FDA approval

for Lipram. Gets confusing. I feel for people with CF kids who have to

wade through this!

Margaret

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> Thank you Margaret for the cystic fibrosis site re enzymes. I don't

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> Lipram on that list?