difference between generic and brand medications

many brands of prescription drugs on the market that are similar in every way except price. This is because, copyrights and brands generic brands of medications. Drugs often have more than one name:

• a general description, the active ingredient of the drug is

• a mark, the trade is

Name of the manufacturer is to take the medicine.
The generic name is the official medical name for the active ingredient of the drug. The brand name is chosen by the manufacturer, are generally on the basis that it be recognized, remembered and pronounced by health professionals and the public. An example would be Viagra – this is the well-known brand name of Pfizer, given the generic sildenafil. (Brands are activated;. Generic names are not) is introduced about 10-12 years after a new medicine, is the patent (exclusive rights), and then other pharmaceutical companies are allowed to produce it. These are often cheaper than the original brand, and can be sold under the generic name or new brand names.

A generic drug is usually from 20% to 80% cheaper than the brand-name original. In addition brings the availability of cheaper generic drugs, prices of original drugs through market competition, producing even more savings for patients. The use of generics saves European patients and healthcare systems an estimated _13 billion € per year and also plays an important role in developing countries by providing cost-effective treatments to many millions of people. Taking into account an effective competition between generic and original brand expires patented is essential for reducing drug costs and foster innovation. But that said, there are many troubling issues surrounding generic medicines due to the easy access to an abundance of illegal generics on the Internet, the patent ownership and unregulated companies break, and produce and deliver />
While generic equivalent versions of trusted medication should be allowed to offer the same quality, safety and efficacy as the original, this is often not the case. A generic drug should undergo rigorous inspection before it is approved and given market approval by national drug regulatory authorities. In short, should be generic to meet the same rigorous standards of quality, safety and efficacy as original pharmaceutical products. The lucrative business of selling generic drugs such as Viagra on the Internet is the foundation of many small backyard out in developing countries with low overhead and personnel costs and no state control .. Where there are a western company “Pfizer”, that means the original, there are literally over a hundred brands viagra companies that generic versions of the lack of an independent monitory organization that there is a high probability that the treatment does not work or even to as harmful to health.
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