Empagliflozin Generic: Price Drops 90% in India
"BI’s Future in the Indian Market
As reported by thehindubusinessline, despite the influx of generics, Boehringer Ingelheim is expected to continue marketing Jardiance (Empagliflozin) in India. Previously, the company had pursued legal measures to delay generic competition, but with the patent now expired, it will need to compete in a significantly more affordable market."
You can get the Boehringer Ingelheim branded empagliflozin in India, and that is what I purchase, not generics. Many foreign pharma companies market their branded drugs in India, so you can purchase them there (paying more than for the generics).
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I just received another package from Forveda. Sent 06/23, received today 07/03. Among the meds ordered I got dapagliflozin for my cat. And note, I got branded Forxiga dapagliflozin manufactured, packaged and marketed by Astra Zeneca. So, not a generic.
Now an important nuance. It is not legal to export many original brand medications from India, and many vendors will refuse to do so and only send you a generic. This is because the original brand is marketing their medications in India at a lower price, so they don’t want those exported from India to countries where they market at higher prices. So they struck a deal with India to forbid such exports. If a vendor therefore refuses to send you an original
brand, you just have to find one that will do so. They’re slightly skirting the law, but so are you.
Whenever possible I get the original brand, and have been successful in almost all cases where these are available.
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Beth
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I also get the brand of this successfully.
I asked my vet if I could share this with my cats for their CKD, but for that indication, she said no.
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I’ll respond in the “cat” thread about why I put my cat on dapagliflozin.
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Eik
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I just received my Rapamune today it took a little over 3 weeks to receive in the US from BG
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Anyone bought from this website before?
Why would you want rapamycin in powder form? As we learned in the PEARL trial, the form is very important. Using a compouded rapamycin resulted in only 30% bioavailability compared to the same amount in a pill from the brand name. Something about the pill coating or some other aspect of the formulation allows for rapamycin to be absorbed. I would be very worried that a powder would not have the proper bioavailability. Recall too the ITP experience in mice, where they couldn’t get rapamycin to work until a company developed a special formulation that allowed absorption. Then there is the experience with dodgy formulation from a downmarket brand Siroboon which gave very poor results, some people reporting zero presence in blood. I personally would stay far away from rapamycin powder. Unless of course you want it for some other purpose, like topical in a cream or toothpaste or something, in which case, ignore the above 
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Good point. Just seemed like a good deal for 500mg.
They don’t ship to Australia…
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