In this story, I learned that generic drugs are never exactly the same:
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;fortune.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;05&#x2F;15&#x2F;dirty-medicine&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;fortune.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;05&#x2F;15&#x2F;dirty-medicine&#x2F;</a><p>This company was fraudulently claiming that the drug profile of their generics was identical. Thanks to a whistle-blower the company was fined $500m by the FDA, after years of legal wranglings.<p>More background:
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