AFFORDABLE & EFFECTIVE GENERIC DRUGS
COST EFFECTIVE ALTERNATE TO EXPENSIVE BRANDED DRUGS
Generic drugs today are manufactured by branded manufacturers employing the same technology and process. A generic drug is pharmaceutically and therapeutically equivalent to brand name drug. Since generics use the same active ingredients and are shown to work the same way in the body, they have the same safet
y and the same benefit as their brand-name counterparts. Generic drugs work in the same way in the same dose as brand-name drugs. Generic cost less than brand-name drugs because manufacturers of generic drugs do not have the expense of research, development, advertisement and marketing related to a new drug. Both brand-name and generic drug manufacturing facilities meet the same standards of good manufacturing practices. A generics name is the name of active ingredient of the medicine. A brand name is the trade name the manufacturer gives to the medicine. The generic name is the official medical name for the active ingredient of the medicine. The brand-name is chosen by the manufacturer, usually on the basis that it can be recognized, pronounced and remembered by health professionals and members of the public. An example would be Viagra - this is the well known brand name given by Pfizer to the generic medicine Sildenafil. (Brand names are capitalized; generic names are not).
