Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the sole authority in USA for regulating and supervising various areas falling under the preview of “protecting and  promoting public health” This includes drugs, both prescription and over the counter medications, and  food supplements. It has wide powers over the manufacture, distribution and sale of medicines and medical devices. Under US law, any drug sold in USA must have the approval of FDA. Every year FDA approves a large number of Brand name drugs and generic drugs for sale on prescriptions and over the counter. Today, more than 75% of FDA approved drugs have generic versions.

According to industry sources, in 2011, FDA has approved 81 new drugs, up to the end of September. It takes some time for these new drugs to be available in USA due to many procedural delays. Most of these newly approved drugs are available with Canadian Pharmacies on line. “This is because Canadian pharmaceutical industry is well ahead of the rest of the world, especially when it comes to launching generic versions to the market” commented Head of Sales of Big Mountain Drugs.Com, one of the leading online pharmacies in the world. Some of the new, approved drugs are totally new drugs, as New Molecular Entities (NME). Patients waiting for a cure for their illnesses that could not be cured with the available drugs need not wait further as these new drugs can be purchased from Canada online pharmacies, at a cheaper price. Consumers in USA need not wait till, newly approved generic drugs appears in USA, to benefit from life saving drugs at affordable prices.

Spokesperson for Big Mountain Drugs (BMD) said “Long awaited new drugs offering better and more effective treatment regimens are brought to the consumers cutting down all the procedural delays. We have already brought many such medicines to our customers.”

Some drugs approved in 2011 and are available with Big Mountain Drugs:

• Potiga (Generic name: Ezogabine) is a newly approved drug for the treatment of partial seizures caused by epilepsy. FDA approved the drug on 10th June 2011, and now it has been made available to consumers by Big Mountain Drugs.


• Brilinta (Generic name: Ticagrelor) is another lifesaving medication approved by FDA recently. Brilinta approved on 20^th July 2011 is used for preventing heart attacks, strokes and deaths. This drug also is available with BMD.


• Zytiga (abiraterone acetate) is a drug that was approved by FDA on 28^th April 2011. Zytiga is a medication for treatment of metastatic, advanced prostate cancer in patients who've received prior chemotherapy. Big Mountain Drugs have added Zytiga to their range of drugs.

The consumers in US can get FDA approved drugs at prices substantially lower than the prices at brick and mortar pharmacies. The savings can be as high as 50 to 70 percent. If consumers use the benefits of the attractive loyalty reward scheme and the drug coupons, they can make further savings.

The spokesperson for BMD added that consumers should beware of the rogue pharmacies that sell dangerous, low quality drugs, expired drugs and unapproved drugs to unsuspecting patients. He said “We are a licensed pharmacy registered in British Columbia, Canada. Prescription drugs are never sold without a valid prescription.” Big Mountain Drugs has been accredited by Canadian International Pharmacy Association (CIPA). Accreditation process of the CIPA involves checking the compliance with the legal requirements and the quality control and quality assurance of drugs and services of the pharmacy. BMD has been verified by the independent organization Pharmacychecker.com which verifies the credentials, licenses, addresses and the telephone numbers, security of personal, financial and medical information of the customers.

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Big Mountain Pharmacies provides a wide portfolio of branded and generic prescription as well as OTC Drugs at affordable prices via its Online Canadian Pharmacy. Customers can now enjoy the benefits of high quality drugs as Levemir 100 IU  and various other Canada prescription drugs delivered worldwide to their doorstep.