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AESEG - Medicamentos genéricos

Did you know?

A generic and a branded medicine have the same active substance and, therefore, they are interchangeable »

A generic medicine has the same quality, efficacy and safety as the original product »

Generic medicines can reduce the price of an innovator product up to 60% »

Generic medicines cost less because there has been no investment to discover them »

The first generic medicine commercialised in Spain was the AZT or Zidovudina for the treatment of HIV »

The use of generic medicines in the National Public Health departments is increasing »

You differentiate a generic because it has the name of the active substance and the letters EFG on its label »

Mission

AESEG represents the interests of its members before public or private local, regional, national and international authorities. One of the foundational objectives of AESEG is to establish an industrial discipline that helps its members to comply with the deontological and health rules.

The following are some of the purposes that figure in the Statutes of AESEG:

To encourage a true generic culture in the Spanish society and within the Public Administration.
To foster an awareness and use of the generic medicines in Spain.
To cooperate with the authorities in the study, the elaboration and the practice of the rules related to the generics.
To maintain contact with other similar organisations with the aim of developing a mutual collaboration and exchanging experiences and information in those issues that come to benefit the Association and its members.
To represent all the affiliates in the defense and promotion of their in common interests.
To develop the necessary industry discipline to comply with the ethical, professional and health rules to which the members have comitted.