Teva are a massive international pharmaceutical company and are the primary supplier of generic drugs to the NHS. Pretty much everything an NHS GP prescribes on a regular basis is produced by them.
This is their product list - http://www.tevauk.com/generics/productlist
It is interesting to see how differently the news of Arimidex's patent expiration has been received in different countries. In the US they are thrilled to bits that they no longer have to find such huge sums of money for their anastrazole.
Meanwhile in the UK people are deeply suspicious that they are being fobbed off with cheapo generic rubbish as part of Dave's slash and burn of the NHS!
My friend in the US was paying $380 per 30 Arimidex pills.
She now pays $26 for generic anastrazole.
Hopefully once people understand that generic medicines are routinely produced once the original license for a product has expired (a product whose expense factors in millions of dollars of R&D costs) they will not feel anxious about this. It is all perfectly normal.
Cheaper and generic really does not mean crapper. Almost all prescribed painkillers and antibiotics are generic drugs. Taxotere is about to come off license too I believe making docetaxel much more affordable.
Generic Alendronic Acid only costs the NHS £50 per person per annum and it is a phenomenal drug.
The NHS couldn't function at all without generic meds.
Anyone who had FEC had generic chemotherapy. I don't suppose that half way through treatment anyone demanded a more expensive branded version!
