Question

Collect information about generic medicines and discuss them in the class.

Answer 1

Generic medicines:

1. A generic drug is a prescription pharmaceutical made to be identical to a brand-name drug that has already been approved for marketing.
2. The properties in terms of dose form, potency, mode of administration, quality, performance characteristics, and intended use are identical.
3. They are marketed under various brand names, generic medications will share the same active ingredients as their name-brand counterparts.
4. The same active components are present in identical concentrations in both generic and brand-name drugs.
5. A pharmaceutical business that finds and commercializes a novel drug and receives a 20-year patent is the one that owns it at the time of its initial development.
6. After the patent on the medication expires, a generic version might be made accessible.
7. The same FDA consistency and effectiveness standards as the original drug apply to generic medicine.
8. They are marketed under the chemical name of the drug.
9. Metformin is an example of generic diabetes medication.
10. Glucophage is a brand name for the drug metformin.
11. Generic names are not typically capitalized, although brand names are.