Meanwhile, a Senate committee last week approved a bipartisan bill that would prohibit brand-name drug manufacturers from using settlement agreements to keep generic equivalents off the market.

上周参议院的相关委员会批准了一项两党联合提案，要求禁止品牌药公司通过专利和解的方式推迟仿制药的上市。

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The drug is marketed under the brand name Viramune.

这种药品以维乐命商标销售。

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Under the name Zometa, the drug was approved by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration for cancer patients in 2002.

药名为唑来膦酸，该药在2002年被美国 FDA 获准用于癌症病人恶性高血钙的治疗。

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The second kind of drug has a long name.

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Potter had been taking an osteoporosis drug called Fosamax, also known by its generic name alendronate, for eight years.

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Experts estimate that the average rebate for a brand-name drug in 2011 reaches 40%.

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More risky are cases where generic drugs are not functionally equivalent to the brand-name drug.

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Taking advantage of advances in technology, some of the new products may even be better than the original, brand-name drug.

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