Experts: Generic drug alternatives must be made an option (Poll Inside)

PETALING JAYA: In order to enhance patients’ access to more cost-effective medications, it is necessary for doctors to issue prescriptions and allow generic substitution, say experts.

Federation of Asian Pharmaceutical Associations vice-president Jack Shen Lim said such a move will give patients and consumers the choice of whether to take the medication from the doctor or go to a pharmacy.