The term "generic" has several meanings as regards drugs: The chemical name of a drug. A term referring to the chemical makeup of a drug rather than to the advertised brand name under which the drug is sold. A term referring to any drug marketed under its chemical name without advertising. "Diazepam" is an example of the chemica [..]

A prescription drug that has the same active-ingredient formula as a brand-name drug. Generic drugs usually cost less than brand-name drugs. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rates these drugs to [..]

A drug that is not sold under a brand name or trademark but bears the same qualities and effects

A drug which is exactly the same as a brand name prescription drug, but which can be produced by other manufacturers after the brand name drug's patent has expired. Generic drugs are usually less [..]

A medicinal product with the same active ingredient, but not necessarily the same inactive ingredients as a brand-name drug. A generic drug may only be marketed after the original drug's patent has expired.

A prescription drug that has the same active-ingredient formula as a brand-name drug. A generic drug is known only by its formula name and its formula is available to any pharmaceutical company. Gener [..]

When a drug company develops a new drug, they’re the only ones allowed to make it and sell it for a while under their “brand name.” At some point, other companies are allowed to start making “generic” [..]

A drug that is not sold under a brand name; for example, carbamazepine can be obtained as a generic drug or as Tegretol or Carbatrol, its brand names.

A copy of a drug that is introduced after the patent expires. Huub Schelleken

Medication sold without an indicated brand name and not protected by trademark.

A drug for which the patents protecting the originator product have expired (or may be challenged). Generic products are pharmaceutically equivalent to a reference listed drug (same drug substance, same route of administration, same dosage form and same strengths) and are also therapeutically equivalent (typically bioequivalent for oral solid dosag [..]

A generic drug means a non-brand name drug that is produced and distributed without patent protection. It is generally sold using its chemical name. A generic drug has the same active ingredient, stre [..]

A copy of a brand-name drug whose patent has expired. These drugs are less expensive than brand-name drugs.

A copy of a brand-name drug that, according to the FDA's regulations, is identical in dosage, quality, strength, performance, and safety. A generic drug is also taken the same way as a brand-name drug, and it is intended for the same use. Generics are generally as effective as the brand-name drugs, but are cheaper because they don't [..]

A generic drug is a copy of a brand-name drug that no longer has a patent. The cost is usually less than the brand-name drug.

A drug that has the same active ingredients, dosage, formulation, safety, strength, route of administration, quality, effectiveness, and intended use as a brand-name drug. For example, ibuprofen is a generic drug that has several manufacturers and brand names, including Advil and Motrin. Generic drugs are usually less expensive than brand-name drug [..]

A “twin” to a “brand name drug” once the brand name company’s patent has run out and other drug companies are allowed to sell a duplicate of the original. Generic drugs are cheaper, and most prescription and health plans reward clients for choosing generics.

This is a drug that has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration as meeting the same standards of safety, purity, strength and effectiveness as the brand name drug.

A copy of a brand-name drug that is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration to be identical in dosage, safety, strength, how it is taken, quality, performance and intended use (definition from the U.S. Food and Drug Association).

A prescription drug that contains the same active ingredients in the same amounts as its brand-name counterpart. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considers generic drugs to be as effective as brand-name drugs. A generic drug can usually be sold when the patent on a brand-name drug expires.

A prescription drug that is the generic equivalent of a brand name drug listed on your health plan's formulary and costs less than the brand name drug.

A prescription drug that has the same active ingredient formula as a brand name drug. Generic drugs are rated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be as safe and as effective as brand-name drugs. Usually, generics cost less.

A prescription drug that is the generic equivalent of a brand name drug listed on your health plan's formulary and costs less than the brand name drug.

The chemical equivalent to a “brand name drug.” These drugs cost less, and the savings is passed onto health plan members in the form of a lower co-pay.

A drug that is similar to a brand name drug. Generic drugs are approved by the Food and Drug Administration if they contain the same active ingredients and have comparable therapeutic effectiveness to a brand name drug. Generic drugs are developed after the patent on a brand name drug has expired and are usually less expensive than brand name drugs [..]

A medication that is essentially identical to a brand-name drug. Generic drugs can be marketed by competitive companies once the patent for the brand-name drug has expired. Generic drugs are cheaper, [..]

A drug that is exactly the same as a brand name drug and that is allowed to be produced after the brand name drug’s patent has expired. It is also called a “generic equivalent.”