The Nation - News from Sept. 5, 1985
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Health and Human Services Secretary Margaret M. Heckler, predicting that generic substitutes for prescription drugs will save all Americans money, said she would encourage doctors and patients to consider switching from name-brand medications. Heckler made her statement as she announced that Valium, the nation’s fourth best-selling drug, had been approved for generic marketing as diazepam.
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