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

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

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

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.

Inbrija 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 ingredient in a brand-name medication. Generics tend to cost ...

A generic drug is considered to be as safe and effective as the original drug. And generics tend to cost less than brand-name drugs. If your doctor has prescribed Lipitor and you’re interested ...

In late June, generic drug maker Teva Pharmaceuticals launched a generic version of Victoza, a blockbuster diabetes drug, in ...

generic drugs continues. While branded drugs like Dolo ... Consider Dolo 650, a well-known brand of paracetamol. Now, paracetamol is a pain reliever and fever reducer found in almost every household.

Medicare covers a variety of generic and brand-name prescription drugs, including Suboxone, to treat opioid use disorder (OUD). Suboxone is a brand-name prescription medication containing ...

They can look at any allergies, intolerances, dietary or religious requirements you have and suggest a generic medicine brand or formula that will work for you. For example, a drug that does ...

Victoza is one of the first GLP-1 drugs — the class of wildly popular diabetes and obesity treatments that includes Ozempic ...