Write any 3 characteristics of generic medicine
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Answer:
Generic drugs approved by FDA have the same high quality, strength, purity, and stability as their brand name counterparts. Generics provide safe and effective alternatives to brand name drugs at lower costs through an abbreviated approval pathway introduced in the 1980s.
Explanation:
Be identical in strength, dosage form, and route of administration
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Have the same indications of use
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Be bioequivalent
Answer:
A generic drug must:
•Contain the same active ingredients as the innovator drug (inactive ingredients may vary)
•Be identical in strength, dosage form, and route of administration
•Have the same indications of use
•Be bioequivalent
•Meet the same batch requirements for identity, strength, purity, and quality
•Be manufactured under the same strict standards of FDA's good manufacturing practice regulations required for innovator products.