not generics


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Note added at 1 hr (2006-03-13 14:32:40 GMT)
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The results page now displays your selection (which you should always double-check), both the mixing and Infusing instructions, a list of compatible drugs, ...
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Switching to other compatible drugs means a much higher pill count for co-infected patients. There is a clear and urgent need for new diagnostic tools to ...
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А мне кажется верным ваше первое предположение -- counterparts. Оно работает в обе стороны: не только генерики могут быть аналогами/counterparts фирменных препаратов, но и фирменные препараты могут быть аналогами/counterparts генериков.

Today, about half of all brand-name drugs have ***generic counterparts***...
www.cigna.com/health/consumer/pharmacy/generic.html

Although generic drugs are chemically identical to their ***branded counterparts***, they are typically ... the Congressional Budget Office, generic drugs save consumers an estimated $8 to ...
www.fda.gov/cder/ogd

...generic drugs are really as good as their ***brand-name counterparts***. After all, goes the reasoning, don't you ... effects are exactly the same as those of their brand-name counterparts...
www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=46204

For example, generic medications may be substituted for more expensive ¶brand-name ¶counterparts. Similarly, outcome is not usually compromised by interventions designed to encourage the use of less expensive antibiotic regimens.