"GENERIC EX PRODUCT REPORT" FROM MEDICAL WORLD DIVISION.
In related news, Romaine Pearson Publishers, Inc. (Jamesburg, NJ), also a division of Medical World Communications and the producer of Pharmacy Times magazine, has begun the publication of Generic RX Product Report, a new quarterly tabloid tab·loid
n.
A newspaper of small format giving the news in condensed form, usually with illustrated, often sensational material.
adj.
1. In summary form; condensed.
2. Lurid or sensational. with a controlled circulation of 150,000.
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throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , the new publication's mission is to provide practical information and is taglined "the ultimate resource for generic drug generic drug, a drug sold or prescribed under the nonproprietary name of its active ingredients or under a generally descriptive name rather than under a brand or trade name. information." Editorial includes information about generics, patient FAQs, bioequivalence bioequivalence /bio·equiv·a·lence/ (-e-kwiv´ah-lens) the relationship between two preparations of the same drug in the same dosage form that have a similar bioavailability. , product focus and product news. The first issue included in-depth information on seven new generics, new data on the treatment of hypertension, four pharmaceutical company profiles, and information on therapeutic equivalence.
Editor Ann Latner said the new title is designed to assist pharmacists "foster optimal utilization of generic drugs." Latner noted that consumers could save as much as $1.6 billion for each 1% increase in generic drug use and that the tabloid will work to provide pharmacists with unbiased product information.
The magazine also operates an online Generics Directory (pharmacytimes.com) that includes names, addresses, and contact data for generic companies.
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