Pharmaceutically equivalent: A generic drug
must have the same active ingredients, dosage form, strength,
and route of administration as its brand-name twin.
Bioequivalent: A generic drug must act on
the body in the same manner and to the same degree as the
original brand-name drug.
Approved as safe & effective: A generic
drug meets this requirement by showing that it is a copy of
the original, FDA-approved drug.
Manufactured in compliance with Current Good Manufacturing Practice regulations.
Adequately labeled: Generic drugs must have
the same patient information inserts as the original drugs
they replicate.
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