Generic Somatostatin Analogues for Neuroendocrine Cancer
Generic Somatostatin Analogues. I've covered a lot about somatostatin analogues, particularly the two predominant approved drugs Lanreotide and Octreotide. Octreotide has many particularly in daily shots and more recently in long acting, but Lanreotide being a newer drug has taken a while for generics to appear. I had to study what generic means and it's important to differentiated the brand from the actual drug name as the latter does not normally change. The reason for publication of this blog is because I was concerned to hear patients asking questions about generic lanreotide and octreotide in my private Facebook group where they…
