Re:Amazon is in exploratory talks with generic-drug makers
by com2kid on Friday December 01, 2017 @05:23PM
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> Thankfully, pharmaceuticals are regulated, whereas chargers and t-shirts aren't...
Except, they are.
To begin with, selling counterfeit goods is flat out illegal.
Electronics have safety standards they are supposed to be tested against. Even clothing has safety standards around flammability.
If you dig deeply into generic drugs, they actually aren't all that well regulated[http://fortune.com/2013/01/10/are-generics-really-the-same-a...]. Legally a generic drug only has to be 80% as effective as the brand name drug it replaces, for psychoactive compounds that can be the difference between working and not working at all. Not so great for anti-depressants (or the vast majority of other compounds for that matter...)
Except, they are.
To begin with, selling counterfeit goods is flat out illegal.
Electronics have safety standards they are supposed to be tested against. Even clothing has safety standards around flammability.
If you dig deeply into generic drugs, they actually aren't all that well regulated[http://fortune.com/2013/01/10/are-generics-really-the-same-a...]. Legally a generic drug only has to be 80% as effective as the brand name drug it replaces, for psychoactive compounds that can be the difference between working and not working at all. Not so great for anti-depressants (or the vast majority of other compounds for that matter...)