Open AccessTo the question about rational choice between original and generic drugs: arguments to use the first
Author(s) -
N.S. Khodzhaev,
A.V. Starostina
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
rossijskij oftalʹmologičeskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-5760
pISSN - 2072-0076
DOI - 10.21516/2072-0076-2019-12-2-106-111
Subject(s) - equivalence (formal languages) , risk analysis (engineering) , functional equivalence , medicine , intensive care medicine , psychology , management science , economics , philosophy , linguistics
Issues of safety and efficacy of drugs attracts much attention worldwide. The growing use of generics and the lack of stringent requirements to research focused on their biological and therapeutic equivalence are causing concern of ophthalmologists. The literary review presents hypotensive properties and physical characteristics of the major original and generic hypotensive eye drops.