Doctors sometimes prescribe cheaper generic drugs instead of more expensive brand names.

医生有时开比较便宜的非注册商标的药品，而不开比较昂贵的品牌药。

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The programme saved $11 million in 1988 by substituting generics for brand-name drugs.

这项计划以未注册商标的药品取代品牌药，在1988年节省了1100万美元。

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North of the border, where price controls reign, those same brand-name drugs cost 50% to 80% less.

在边境以北，价格控制盛行，同样的名牌药品价格要低50%到80%。

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The drugs are aripiprazole, sold under the brand name Abilify,olanzapine, also known as Zyprexa, quetiapine whose brand name is Seroquel, and risperidone sold under the brand name Risperdal.

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Pfizer and Lilly lost big name-brand drugs to generic competitors a little over a year ago.

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As Krugman notes, it should have been obvious to anybody that Part D would come in under budget, because most widely used brand drugs are going generic.

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The French also take more prescription drugs than any other nation in Europe, and expect brand name drugs, not the cheaper generic version.

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