High demand for weight-loss and diabetes drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy has led to a shortage in manufacturing. In the ...

So you can trust that a generic medication is going to work for you just as well as the brand name medication. So when a drug manufacturer wants to bring a new medication to the market ...

You've probably seen generic versions of drugs at the pharmacy or grocery store and wondered whether the cheaper alternative is as effective as the brand-name drug ...

The generic drug industry in the U.S. has saved people billions of dollars, but shortages are now the norm and competition is ...

"But for the vast majority of people, generic drugs are as safe and effective as brand-name drugs." Indeed, the drugs—copies of brand-name medication whose patents have expired—contain the ...

So it makes sense for you to assume that the name-brand Tylenol might work better than the generic sold at CVS, Rite Aid, or Walgreens. According to Drugs.com, a bottle of generic acetaminophen ...

This will be the brand-name drug. After the patent expires, other companies can make generic versions of the medication. The drug can only be a generic copy if it has the same: All generic drugs ...

Senator Bernie Sanders reveals that generic drug manufacturers can sell semaglutide, the generic of Ozempic & Wegovy, for less than $100 a month.

Biologics are the fastest growing sector of the pharmaceutical industry, with the potential to address some of modern health ...

In this video, we explain how The Hatch-Waxman Act works to extend brand-name drug patent protection and also facilitate generic drug market entry, but also how it is limited in its power.

Summer is sunsetting but dawn has arrived for several podcasts across public media. The NPR One team gathered a list of new ...

Vraylar is only available as a brand-name drug. It doesn’t come in a generic version. A generic drug is an exact copy of the active drug in a brand-name medication. Generics tend to cost less ...