generic drug

1. 1.

   when the patent protection for a brand-name drug expires generic versions of the drug can be offered for sale if the FDA agrees

   “generic drugs are usually cheaper than brand-name drugs”

   Antonymsbrand-name drug

   Broadergenericdrug

Questions about generic drug

What does generic drug mean?

generic drug means "when the patent protection for a brand-name drug expires generic versions of the drug can be offered for sale if the FDA agrees".

What is the opposite of generic drug?

The recorded antonyms are brand-name drug.

Is generic drug a common word?

generic drug is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.