Generic vs Brand Medications

Is there something different for name-brand medicines and for generic variants?
A name-brand medicine is sold under a particular brand name given by medicines' producer. For the majority of cases, name-brand medicines are protected by patent that means the producer is the only resource for the drug but for lots of the world's countries this case doesn't exist and a generic variation is available for purchasing. A generic medicine is produced with equal active components and in equal doses as a brand name medicine. The generic medicine is equal in therapeutic properties to its brand name original, but is marketed under its "generic" or chemical name.

Do the generic medicines possess the same efficiency as the brand-name ones?
A generic medicine is produced with equal active components and in equal doses as a brand name medicine. The purity and strength of generic drugs are strongly controlled. The FDA demands all generic producers to show that a generic medicine will act in same medicinal way as its brand variation by determining the extent and rate of medicine absorption. The generic medicine should affect your disease with an equal efficiency and healthiness as its name-brand variation. Generic medicines are to face with equal strict demands as the name-brand equivalents.

Do generic medicines possess the same safety as the brand-name ones?
The generic medicines have been taken many times by lots of patients, showing one more time that generic drugs and name-brand ones produce the same influence on the organism.

Are generic medicines cheaper than the brand-name ones?
Commonly, they are. The price for studying, creating and selling a new medicine, as well as sources needed for the product's advertisement, are included into the cost of the name-brand medicine. Generic producers invest significantly less in creating and promotion, and that's why are able to market their medicine for a lower price.

Is the more costly brand name medicine also more qualitative?
No, both of variations possess the same quality. Both of them face equal strict demands.

Who manufactures generic medicines?
Some of generic medicines are produced by the same pharma manufacturers which produce brand medicines, others are manufactured by pharma firms which have the specialty of producing generic medicines. All prescription medicines' producers must suit strict FDA, GMP and WHO approvals.