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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GENERIC drugs are the scourge of the pharmaceutical industry.

非专利药品是医药产业的祸根。

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There is also hope that two older generic drugs, amantadine and rimantadine, might be effective against bird flu.

金刚烷胺和金刚乙胺这两种较为古老的药物可能对于禽流感也是有一定效果的。

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For example, most people think generic drugs are a good deal, and they are surprised to learn that the business of distributing generic drugs in the U.S. is a huge profit source for pharmacies.

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Clinical Data chief executive Drew Fromkin argues that the nature of the depression market is changing as more and more drugs go generic, with branded drugs being prescribed increasingly by specialists.

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The industry frets that a greater supply of generic drugs will undermine its sales among those who can afford to pay the asking price in more developed places, such as South Africa, or even worse, in lucrative markets such as America or Europe, should generic drugs stray from their intended destinations.

ECONOMIST: Patently troublesome