Generics Work Too
By www.menhealthonline.biz
Pharmaceutical companies worldwide produce scores of branded drugs to combat various types of illnesses. This is a multi billion dollar business and keeps flourishing as new cures and treatments are found.
But there are some companies that produce these same drugs but vary them in the sense that their composition is similar but these are not sold under popular brand names. Licensing seems to be the main reason behind such a move. Such drugs are termed as generic and are becoming popular with physicians all over the world.
These generic drugs are also cheap compared to their branded cousins. In some cases you save upto 80% when buying generic medications. A recent survey conducted on generic drugs showed that the low cost of manufacture is the reason behind low prices for the end consumer. This is achieved by shifting the manufacturing facility to a region that has cheap labour and the local governments facilitate setting up of industries by providing incentives in tax, power and other resources which form the basis of any manufacturing industry.
Most of the popular branded drugs now have generic variants in the market. But it will still be sometime before the commercial scales tilt in favour of the generic drugs.
Some of the popular generic variants of Cialis and Xenical, now available in market are used in treating conditions like Erectile Dysfunction (ED) and Obesity. The branded version of these drugs are expensive and sold under prescription,