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...Massachusetts state drug board to limit sales of Neoral's equivalent, generic cyclosporine. Ohio's senate, egged on by Novartis, has held 11 hearings in two years on this issue. "They have been bloody dogged on this," says R.J. Tesi, an executive with generic cyclosporine maker SangStat Medical Corp. He points out that patients spend $5,000 or more on Neoral yearly, while the generic cyclosporine costs 20% less. Some patients stop taking the medication because they can't afford it--and lose their transplants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Assault on Generics | 5/22/2000 | See Source »

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