These PPAR alpha drugs include Lopid, which is available in generic form but developed by Pfizer.

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The generic version of Lipitor (atorvastatin), is on the market as will be the generic form of Crestor in a few years.

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On the supergeneric front, Ivax is currently developing the oral form of paclitaxel, the generic form of one of the largest selling cancer drugs, Taxol, which is administered intravenously.

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Now Merck and Schering-Plough are seeking to prove there is a difference between Merck's old drug, which will be available in generic form in 2006, and their new one.

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Late last year, 57-year-old Marcia Bergeron ordered a package of what she thought was a generic form of the sleeping pill Ambien from an online pharmacy based in Eastern Europe.

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But it works against some organisms where vancomycin, an old Eli Lilly (nyse: LLY - news - people ) drug that has been available in generic form for years, fails, and dalbavancin lasts in the body longer.

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Many doctors see a lot of brand name drugs that treat most, if not all, chronic conditions like high cholesterol, hypertension, asthma and diabetes available in cheaper generic form but paying to delay generics is unnecessarily keeping certain brand names on the market.

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The Pontipee brothers, after all, are trapped in a dull, generic plot when they're not leaping over sawhorses, whereas there's a knowing awareness of form to Dr. Frank-N-Furter's gyrations that goes way beyond mere choreography.

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