Exempel på me-too

• A differentiation in strategy was suggested for innovative and me-too products.

• The respondents in our study emphasized the importance of stimulating the development of innovative drugs over me-too products.

• Respondents noted that, from the perspective of practitioners, there is little need to market me-too products, but they observed little barriers for it.

• Thus, a me-too therapy that, through innovation in production technology, came to market at a lower price could qualify for priority review, leading to large gains in public health.

• The adoption curves of innovative and me-too drugs in general practice differ, but interestingly, drugs that are not considered to be innovative may still reach high diffusion curves (20).

• I learn that "me-too" drugs are frequently essential for treatment because different people react differently at different times to the same drug.

• I always deplore the "me-too-ism" when we debate so many economic subjects.

• Some of us are worried about what are called the "me-too" drugs and the manufacture of more and more of them.

• First, no one can predict what research—which, after all, takes a long time and which may begin on a "me-too" drug—will ultimately produce.

• I have had enough of "me-too-ism".

• Surely the fact that it takes a long time to obtain a patent licence on a drug means that the "me-too" drugs have at least been very much decreased.

• The second criticism we must expect is that "too many drugs are being developed"—"me-too drugs" as they are often called—when we already have sufficient of them.

• Much of the me-too drug phenomenon is actually a result of independent parallel research at rival companies.

• With beta-blockers and statins, me-too drugs have improved results, and increased competition while lowering prices.

• The world of household cleansers is rife with me-too products.