Category: Medications

A generic or substitute medicine is a pharmaceutical product identical to a branded medication in terms of dosage, safety, efficacy, route of administration, quality, performance, and usage. Manufacturers of generic medicine ensure that it has the same therapeutic effects as the branded version, thereby achieving bioequivalence. Any substitute medication must work the same in the…

What are Generic Drugs? Generic drugs are similar to existing approved brand-name drugs in dosage form, safety, strength, route of administration, quality, and performance characteristics.  There is no significant difference between the two drugs in terms of the extent they would be absorbed into your body. It can be as effective a substitute as a…

Generic Medicines: an  Overview A generic drug is a medicine that is made to be the same as a brand-name drug already on the market in terms of dosage form, safety, strength, route of administration, quality, performance characteristics, and the way it is meant to be used. These similarities help show bioequivalence, which means that…

Pharmaceutical companies prepare formulae for various innovative medicines and send them for approval to the FDA before their launch in the market. The approval is for the dosage, as well as the safety, effectiveness, labelling, and packaging of the product. Only after the FDA has verified these characteristics will the manufacturing company be allowed to…