Generics everywhere?

[Lameckron]

Is there a generic version of every drug in the market?

 

[Eddie1]

Not really. What I know is that it takes 20 or more years for a generic version of a given drug to be manufactured. So within the 20 years, a drug won't still be having its generic version.

 

[Darren]

Most drug types will have multiple generic and store own brands, such as painkillers by own brand Walmart. Although some pharmaceutical companies will have spent millions of dollars and man-hours into developing their own patented product for which other companies and stores can’t copy or make their own version of due to the obtained trademark.

 

[Obama]

Is there a generic version of every drug in the market?

Most of the time, yes, but only after the brand-name drug's parent company has taken 20 years enjoying a patent-protected monopoly as Eddie1 has it above.

 

[Gift]

It's always pharmaceutical companies that are in charge of manufacturing generic drugs with the view of making the drugs easily accessible in terms of cost to patients who can't afford the brand drugs. There are top 5 pharmaceutical companies that manufacture generic drugs. Read the article below to learn more about them.

Top five generic drug makers

With increasing demand for more accessible medication, pharmaceutical companies are harnessing the benefits offered by generic drugs.

www.europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com

 

[Vincent]

High classified drugs such as HIV drugs don't have a generic version of it. Also, vaccines don't have their generic versions as pharmaceutical companies that make these drugs have the sole right to do so.

 

[Lavender]

High classified drugs such as HIV drugs don't have a generic version of it. Also, vaccines don't have their generic versions as pharmaceutical companies that make these drugs have the sole right to do so.

I never knew this before. Meanwhile, I think it's because these drugs are mostly offered for free by most governments. Therefore, the generic manufacturers won't make a profit if they produce generic versions.

 

[mariaherdez]

I don't think so. Because if a brand named drug is patented, it is unlawful for a generic version to be created before the patent expires. So, during a valid patent period, no approved generic version of the drug can be created.

 

[rodgarcia]

Generic drugs have to go through the FDA first before the are approved for consumption by the general public. It is easy to see that some of these drugs will not get approved. And as such will not have a generic version.

 

[campiinajjun]

There are drugs especially those been made by World Health Organizations that are not generic as no pharmaceutical company has the license to push such drugs into the market. They are branded by these international organizations and special care is being made to use it for what it is produced for.

 

[CL7]

Have you ever seen a generic version of the HIV meds? What about vaccines? The truth is that they do not exist. So not all drugs have their generic versions.

 

[Melina Hanson]

Most medication types will have numerous conventional and store possess brands, for example, painkillers by claim brand Walmart. Albeit some pharmaceutical organizations will have burned through a large number of dollars and work hours into building up their own protected item for which different organizations and stores can't duplicate or make their own form of because of the acquired trademark.

 

[Eduard Kolar]

Nope, but I think that 90 percent of them have generic versions. Most of the drugs we buy are generics.

 

[Dina]

Is there a generic version of every drug in the market?

If the answer is no, there still shall be.

 

[Marley]

Is there a generic version of every drug in the market?

I'm not sure but I think it depends on the demand.

 

[Davies]

Is there a generic version of every drug in the market?

Is generics the name of a car or what?

 

[Christina]

Are you kidding? Actually we are speaking about generic meds here

 

[Amada Whitenack]

Is there a generic version of every drug in the market?

I don't know if there is a generic version of every drug since there are brand drugs out there.

 

[Kate Clark]

Is there a generic version of every drug in the market?

I don't know. It's better to get brand drugs than the generic ones.

 

[Honeypie]

Is there a vaccine for Covid-19 either generic or brand, whatever.