1.   The separation of strategies into generic versions is a useful conceptual device, even if such strategies become intertwined in practice.

2.   And an Indian company declared it would provide the world with cut-rate generic versions of several AIDS drugs.

3.   An FDA advisory committee is hearing evidence at the hearing, which continues tomorrow, about which components of estrogen a generic version must include.

4.   Another company, Barr Laboratories Inc., makes a less expensive generic version of tamoxifen.

5.   At issue is whether the FDA should change its criteria for approving generic versions of the drug, a popular hormone treatment for menopausal women.

6.   Biotech companies also opposed legislation that would allow approval of generic versions of their drugs.

7.   A generic version of the driver is available from some commercial software publishers.

8.   A federal judge ruled in March in favor of the generic companies, and the FDA last week approved the generic versions, which should be available soon.

9.   Brazil is widely regarded as having a model anti-AIDS program among middle- and low-income countries, and already produces generic versions of eight drugs for AIDS cocktails.

10.   But then, instead of introducing its own generic version, Barr signed a confidential settlement agreement with AstraZeneca and dropped the patent challenge.