On 12/27/06, JM Ibanez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hmmm... "The government can buy generic drugs and not get the formula
> in the process" which means the procurement of the drug(s) does not
> include the formula -- rather the fact that it is generic already
> exposes the formula to scrutiny by the public. Having that said, it is
> not a prerequisite that any drug's formula be public information for
> that drug to be procured by government.
No, the fact of it being *generic* is the fact that the formula is out
there in the public -- it's a *prerequisite*.
Because the government was buying generic drugs, the drug being
generic imposes that the formula was out in public. Had the drug not
been generic, would government require the formula in the procurement
of the drug?
--
Dean Michael C. Berris
http://cplusplus-soup.blogspot.com/
mikhailberis AT gmail DOT com
+63 928 7291459
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