Lipitor (generic name Atrovastatin) is a drug used to lower the cholesterol level of blood in patients with heart disease. The drug was first synthesized in 1985 by Pfizer (the then Parke-Davis-Warner-Lambert Company). Lipitor has become the best-selling drug worldwide with its sales up to $12.9 billion. The drug belongs to the parent class statin, [...]
Mail this post First things First: What are Generic Drugs? We know they are so many so many questions popping into your mind as the term ‘generic’ brings so many fears about the quality and standards of the drug. First of all let us introduce the term generic drugs to you. Generic drugs are the non-proprietary drugs. These [...]
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When a drug is manufactured it is assigned three different names – Chemical name, Generic name, and Trade name. To have detailed understanding of the drug nomenclature, let’s have a look on these names individually.
Chemical Name Every drug is a result of a certain chemical formulation. Drugs are compounds of different salts. Based on [...]
Mail this post Generic drugs, also known as non-proprietary drugs, are those medications which are not patented. Off-patented drugs are the ones which were not patented ever or which have expired patents. To understand what does a generic drug really mean, let’s take the example of Paracetamol. Paracetamol was first produced by Sterling Winthrop Co. in 1953 and [...]
Mail this post Drugs and medications are the major tools in Medicine. Medicine is the science of healing from a physical ailment or disease. To study drugs and medication, medical professionals have developed a nomenclature for drugs to identify them. The nomenclature has now been practiced world over for drug recognition. How do we classify drugs? Here’s the [...]
Mail this post Generic Drugs When the patent of a branded drug expires, it falls in the category of Generic drug. Generic Drugs are also known as non-proprietary drugs and do not hold any patent or copy rights. any drug without a patent and copy rights can be manufactured and marketed by any pharmaceutical company. Patented drugs, however, [...]
Mail this post Generic Drugs are the non-proprietary drugs which are manufactured and sold by many pharmaceutical companies with their generic names. Every drug, when manufactured, is given a unique chemical, generic, and brand name. Among the three names, the brand name is suggested by the manufacturer and is often patented meaning the name becomes a registered trademark. [...]
Mail this post Generic Drugs Generic Drugs are the non-proprietary drugs which have either no or invalid patents. These off-patented drugs are manufactured and marketed by multiple pharmaceutical companies and are equivalent to their patented, brand-name versions chemically. Generic drugs are approved by FDA and function in the same way as their branded counter parts do, with exactly [...]
Mail this post When a pharmaceutical company produces a drug, it files for a copy right patent to the regulation authority. In United Sates, Food and Drug Administration is responsible for all the regulation, testing, examination, and approval of drugs. Once approved, the drug is assigned three names: a chemical name, a generic name, and a brand name. [...]
Mail this post Generic drugs are the bioequivalent of branded drugs. They have the same ingredients, dosage, effectiveness and characteristics as their corresponding brands. They come with an added advantage of being available at cheaper prices. What Qualifies Drugs as Generic Drugs?
For a drug to be classified as a generic drug, it must be: constituted of the [...]
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