generic drug
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- noun
- /dʒəˈnɛrɪk drʌg/
- Specialized
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medicamento genérico
- After the patent expired, the generic drug became available, making it more affordable for consumers.
- generic drug manufacturer
- cheap generic drugs
- generic drug entry
We've been treating our veterans for blood pressure, for hypertension using a generic drug called prazosin.
- We've been treating our veterans for blood pressure, for hypertension using a generic drug called prazosin.
- We, we're already seeing an enormous movement away from brand name drugs to generic drugs in, in Medicaid.
- So Martin Shkreli for any, for anybody who doesn't know, raised the price of it was a generic drug, right?
- On the other hand, government agencies don't typically invest in doing large clinical trials for generic drugs.
Examples
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There are many benefits derived from encouraging the use of generic drugs aside from the cost savings.
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The manufacturers of generic drugs are held to the same FDA standards as the makers of brand-name drugs.
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The agency requires generic drug applications to show proof of this for their own version.
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In July, the price the government pays for generic drugs will be reduced by half.
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The use of generic drugs in Medicare Part D saved $33 billion in 2007.
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First, consult with your doctor annually to review your prescriptions and get generic drugs where possible.
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For example, the use of generic drugs encourages consumers to fully adhere to their medication.
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Discount programs offered by retailers such as Wal-Mart offer many common generic drugs for $4 for a 30-day supply.
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Many pharmacists recommend generic drugs to help patients save money on their prescriptions.
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Patients often find that generic drugs provide the same therapeutic benefits as their brand-name alternatives.
Antonyms
- Specialized
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A medicine sold under a company's name that only that company sells
How Branded
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'generic' (not brand-name / off-patent) combined with 'drug' (medication) yields a medication sold without a brand name. This follows normal adjective+noun semantics and is cross-linguistically commonplace, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The term generic drug comes from the idea that generic means 'general' or plain, so a generic drug is a drug sold without a 'brand name'. After a brand's patent ends, the same medicine is often sold under its chemical name, so generic drug now means the same medicine sold more simply and usually more cheaply.