Generic drugs often have incorrect safety labeling, study suggests
Thursday, December 13, 2012 - 16:30
in Health & Medicine
Medical researchers have found that more than two-thirds of generic drugs have safety-warning labels that differ from the equivalent brand-name drug. The majority of generics showed relatively small differences across their labels, but 9 percent showed differences of more than 10 side effects. Errors included out-of-date information, incomplete data and, in one case, information for the wrong drug altogether.