Pharmacologic Substance
generic drug
[ juh-ner-ik druhg ]
Subclass of:
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Definitions related to generic drugs:
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(generic) Official nonbrand names by which medicines are known. Generic names usually refer to the chemical name of the drug.NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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A copy of a brand-name drug whose patent has expired. These drugs are less expensive than brand-name drugs.Harvard Dictionary of Health TermsHarvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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A pharmaceutical product equivalent to the brand name drug in dosage, safety, strength, how it is taken, quality, performance, and intended use. The FDA bases evaluations of substitutability, or therapeutic equivalence of a generic drug on scientific evaluation. A generic drug product must contain the identical amounts of the same active ingredient(s) as the brand name product and is expected to have equal effect when substituted for the brand name product.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Relates a manufactured drug product to the non-proprietary (generic) representation of its ingredients independent of strength, and form. The scoping entity identifies a unique combination of medicine ingredients; sometimes referred to as "ingredient set".NCI Health Level 7 VocabularyU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2018
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(drugs, generic) Drugs whose drug name is not protected by a trademark. They may be manufactured by several companies.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Generic drug, therapeutic substance that is equivalent to a brand-name drug with respect to its intended use, its effects on the body, and its fate within the body. Every drug has a generic name; most, however, are marketed under a brand name almost exclusively until their patents expire. At that...Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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