generic
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- adjective
- /dʒəˈnɛrɪk/
- Specialized
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genérico
- In 1995, then-President of South Africa Nelson Mandela legalized the generic reproduction of these drugs.
- generic drug
- generic medicine
- generic name
And it's for individually wrapped generic Viagra.
- And it's for individually wrapped generic Viagra.
- And traditionally biologic drugs have been excluded from the generic drug system.
- Super simple right now sample packs of generic Viagra are available for our listeners.
- Keeps offers generic versions of the only two FDA approved hair loss treatments.
- In fact, there are a lot of people out there who strongly feel that brand name Adderall works better than generic Adderall for them.
- You know, Ambien, for example, has has AZ at the start of it for its generic name, but I don't want to get into naming any necessarily.
- So another thing to say is that a lot of the drugs that Big Pharma has done for psychiatry are generic now.
- And so, and it's a, you know, it's a generic, pretty cheap drug, but it turns out that it crosses the blood brain barrier.
- Do you need to eat gourmet foods as opposed to buying the generic brand, which is typically the same thing, you know, just packaged differently?
- Now most of the time in eye care, generic medications, eye drops were just as effective as brand name, except this is one of those cases where it's not true.
- We, we're already seeing an enormous movement away from brand name drugs to generic drugs in, in Medicaid.
- On the other hand, government agencies don't typically invest in doing large clinical trials for generic drugs.
- So by this reasoning, it is inherently non generic as it's trademarked for a specific product or use case.
- If prices is an issue for you, you can ask your healthcare provider to give you a generic orb instead of a name brand.
Examples
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The main class of drugs is the bisphosphonates, with generic alendronic acid recommended as first-line treatment.
Academic text (2015) -
Only 37% of prescriptions for respiratory corticosteroids were for generic products, compared with the average generic prescribing rate of 82%.
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Keeps offers generic versions of the only two FDA approved hair loss treatments.
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And Keeps offers generic versions of the two FDA approved medications to treat hair loss.
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Local production has been promoted as a strategy to expand access to affordable generic medicines.
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The complaint alleged the company illegally kept a generic version of the cancer drug Taxol off the market.
Academic text (2002) -
Pro-generic policies enable considerable cost savings whenever generic alternatives exist.
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Now most of the time in eye care, generic medications, eye drops were just as effective as brand name, except this is one of those cases where it's not true.
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Mandate or enable the dispensing of generic equivalents instead of branded products by pharmacists and other dispensers.
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Many people choose generic drugs because they are often cheaper than brand-name options.
Synonyms
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3.7
A medicine that has the same dose and effect as a brand-name medicine but costs less
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.7
A medicine that has the same dose and effect as a brand-name medicine but costs less
- Specialized
A wine not allowed to show its place or grape and sold under a simple name such as red
How Branded
- Specialized
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- Specialized
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Generic (for drugs) comes from the Latin genus, meaning 'kind' or 'type', so a 'generic name' is the name for the whole kind of medicine rather than a brand. That's why a generic drug is sold under its common chemical name, not a brand name.