Article Archive for December 2008
Merck latest big-pharma to join the generics bandwagon
You know the big-pharma club is in trouble when most of its members are jumping ship from fighting against generics to producing generics themselves. Novartis, GSK, Sanofi and Daiichi are just a few examples of …
Generics equal to brand name drugs
Despite all the positive awareness-building campaigns run by generics companies all over the world, there still remains a persistent stigma amongst patients and even some doctors that generic medicines are in some way different or …
Ratiopharm owner, Merckle, in financial trouble
Adolf Merckle, the owner of the privately held Ratiopharm, one of the worlds largest generics manufacturers, has gotten himself into a whole world of trouble over his attempts to short-sell Volkswagen shares recently. His play …
