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Bioequivalence of generic drugs.
Generic drugs are bioequivalent to the original brand; this is a prerequisite for marketing approval. It is theoretically possible that one generic drug may overestimate the pharmacokinetic (PK) parameters of the original and another generic may underestimate these PK parameters; in consequence, these 2 generics may not be bioequivalent between themselves. The result could be loss of efficacy o...
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Time and again the importance of generic prescribing has been emphasized, primarily to reduce the cost of drugs (Mukherjee, 2013). There are two concepts to be understood here, one is generic vs. patented drugs and the other is a drug’s “brand name” vs. “non-proprietary name” or “generic name.” Although, our article primarily describes the Indian scenario, it can be extrapolated to other countr...
متن کاملGeneric versus brand-name drugs
What?s in a name? A brand-name drug and its generic counterpart are chemically the same. They may have different names, colors, and shapes, but the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires generic drugs to share several similarities as the brand-name counterparts (more on this later). And, while there are some differences, generics don?t really change the effectiveness of the d...
متن کاملGeneric versus brand-name drugs
What?s in a name? A brand-name drug and its generic counterpart are chemically the same. They may have different names, colors, and shapes, but the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires generic drugs to share several similarities as the brand-name counterparts (more on this later). And, while there are some differences, generics don?t really change the effectiveness of the d...
متن کاملPhysician perceptions about generic drugs.
BACKGROUND With constrained health-care resources, there is a need to understand barriers to cost-effective medication use. OBJECTIVE To study physician perceptions about generic medications. METHODS Physicians used 5-point Likert scales to report perceptions about cost-related medication nonadherence, the efficacy and quality of generic medications, preferences for generic use, and the imp...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: JAMA
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0098-7484
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.3990