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Categories: Pharmaceutical industry, Pharmaceuticals policy, Public domain, Life sciences industry
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generic drug  Affordable drug  affordable drugs  Drugs, generic  Generic-named drug
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When the patent protection for a brand-name drug expires generic versions of the drug can be offered for sale if the FDA agrees WordNet 3.0
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When the patent protection for a brand-name drug expires generic versions of the drug can be offered for sale if the FDA agrees WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A generic drug is a pharmaceutical drug that contains the same chemical substance as a drug that was originally protected by chemical patents. Wikipedia
A drug identified by its chemical name rather than its brand name Wikipedia Disambiguation
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Generic drugs are usually cheaper than brand-name drugs WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet