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A commercial name granted by a naming authority for use in marketing a drug/device product in a particular jurisdiction.
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These results highlight the importance of eliminating anticompetitive behavior by brand-name drug companies so that we get more lower-priced generic drugs on the market," Debra Whitman, executive vice president and chief public policy officer at AARP, said in a written statement.
Cost gap widens between brand-name, generic drugs
It is important to note that there will always be a slight, but not medically important, level of natural variability-just as there is for one batch of brand-name medicine compared with the next batch of brand-name product.
Role of generic medicines and better world
The researchers found that for generic medications at identical doses, the total spending on brand-name products was $303 million in 2016, compared with an estimated spending of $68 million on generic constituents.
Generic Substitutes, Therapeutic Interchange Can Save Money; Considerable savings estimated with use of generic substitutes for brand-name combo medications
Medafford Global's Pharmacy Benefit Manager relationship makes discounts of up to 80% possible and connects consumers to affordable discounted brand-name medications from Tier One international pharmacies.
MedAfford Global Inc. and National Benefit Builders, Inc. Partner to Help Consumers Save Up to 80% on Brand-Name Medications Through International Mail-Order
In fact, prescriptions for brand-name medications are almost twice as likely to be "abandoned"--prescription filled, but never picked up--than generic equivalents, due to their higher costs.
A first step to cutting health costs: More use of generic drugs: the American College of Physicians recommends using more generic drugs, in an approach involving patients, pharmacies, and health care providers
Gagne and colleagues noted among the limitations of their study its nonrandomized design, the use of only three statins, and the fact that they could not determine who decided whether patients initiated a generic or brand-name drug, noting that many states require pharmacists to dispense generics unless a prescriber or patient requests otherwise.
Patient adherence tops with generic statins
won't sell samples of its brand-name drug Ampyra, which improves multiple sclerosis patients' walking ability.
Generic-drug makers sue brand-name companies for product samples
For statins, 56% of the variation was due to the use of brand-name rather than generic drugs.
Brand names drive regional differences in part D spending
We also found that the U&C price index for our second basket of 55 brand-name drugs increased at an average annual rate of 8.3 percent during our time period.
Prescription Drugs: Trends in Usual and Customary Prices for Commonly Used Drugs
* Use caution when switching a patient to a generic modified-release formulation, which may not have the same pharmacokinetic profile as its brand-name counterpart.
Generic drugs: the benefits and risks of making the switch: when is it safe to substitute a generic drug for a brand-name medication, and when should a switch be avoided? Here's a look at the evidence
They have to be as safe and effective as the brand-name, or innovator, versions they're patterned after.
Are generics as effective as brand-name drugs? Substituting generics for their pricier equivalents is usually safe, but some cases warrant more caution

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