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generic version of peginterferon

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for those not covered by insurance or healthcare systems or financial issues: generic peginterferon is available in vietnam at 97usd per package

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979080 tn?1323433639
Did you watch 60 Minutes last Sunday ?
They did a piece on GlaxoSmithKline (i get some of my Riba from them )
pretty scary stuff. Dosages labeled incorrectly , contaminated meds ,
different meds mixed in same bottle and even scarier is how they try to cover
it up and try keep the plant open despite these findings.
What I am saying is it is not all what it seems and when it comes to quality control
the FDA does check ups only very sporadically and the Pharm co`s are basically
left to police themselves.
Many meds we get in the USA are actually manufactured elsewhere.
My Riba comes from India , my migraine meds from Singapore ,Alinia from Belgium ect.....


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Well, it's not like we've had a huge track record of quality products out of Southeast Asia. Poison dog food, deadly drywall, contaminated paint on children's toys. Granted, these all came from Red China, but I wouldn't take the chance.

With something as important as interferon, and as potentially dangerous....



RBW
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979080 tn?1323433639
thanks for the info.
So the Roche patent on Pegasys is running out in 2017.
Propably just in time for INF free tx.
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1414174 tn?1304680526
Its probably water in some ones old redipens... Yeah! Now I have another Genotype of HepC... Thanks anyway...
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1420486 tn?1384793153
Good thinking. I thought about that too. But what kind of controlls do we really have here?  I have never believed everything our media, govt, quaility controll etc tells us. Well I did work in quality controll, and I did do the job of the USDA in the chic industry. So what can I say? Look at what Auto industry will do not to recall a toyota. There is a woman in prison for a lexus she said excelerated, killing 1 or 2 children in her car. She was on pain meds guilty. I had a 1989 toy pu automatic, it excelerated 2 times, scarry, but I handled it.  You simply cannot trust any industry/man out for profits first.
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I'd be very careful of this stuff personally. What kind of quality controls are in place?

Caveat emptor.
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1420486 tn?1384793153
Thank You, Im sure that could be information that is usefull to someone...
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