Rx Note

Introduction Whenever customers/patients were introduced with generic drugs , their first concern will be "are they exactly the same as the innovator brand product?". Technically, both innovator brand and generic brand products contain the same quantity of active pharmaceutical ingredients (the substance that we believe to give the therapeutic benefit), but may contain different pharmaceutical excipients , especially preservatives and colourants. Functions Pharmaceutical excipients are basically everything other than the active pharmaceutical ingredient. Depending on the intended main function , the excipients used in tablets are subcategorized into different groups. However, many substances used in tablet formulation can be multifunctional . Antiadherent Antiadherents prevent sticking to punches and die walls . Binder Binders or adhesives are the substances that promote cohesiveness . It is added to a drug-filler mixture to ensure that granules and tablets can be formed wit...

Introduction When a customer walks into your pharmacy to purchase medications, you will offer them 2 options: original brand or generic brand. Although generic brand is much cheaper, there are many patients who have total loyalty to proprietary brand, and point that generic brand is the cheaper brand, and hence, an inferior brand with more adverse effects profile. But, is this a fact? NOTE: Do you know that? Sandoz is a division of the Novartis Group, focusing on generic pharmaceutical and biosimilars. Winthrop is a Sanofi Company which aims to make it possible for patients to receive high-quality Sanofi generic pharmaceutical products at an affordable price. Generic Drugs Typically, a new drug will have a patent protection of typically 20 years. Once the patent expires, a pharmacologically equivalent version may be sold as a "generic" version of the brand name drug. The generic drug manufacturer must ensure that the drug they are producing contains the same active ingredi...