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Old Fri Jun 1, 2018, 03:45 AM
Rainbow Star Rainbow Star is offline
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Originally Posted by sidhusingapore View Post
Dear Friends,

Generic Azacitidine is now approved in Singapore. Please check with your doctor for them. They are as effective as Vidaza. They are approved by Health Sciences Authority (HSA), Singapore. This will reduce the total cost of treatment by 1/2.

But it looks like doctors have reluctance to use Generic versions in Singapore, for non-obvious reasons.
I asked this questions before to my father’s haematology doctor at One of Singapore Hospitals and the Dr said better not to use the Generic Medicine on this disease because this Generic Medicine there is no Study Case that can Prove the Medicine is working.
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