Learn how an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) helps generic drugs get FDA approval without clinical trials, ensuring safety and bioequivalence with brand-name drugs.

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Generic drugs account for more than 90 percent of prescriptions filled in the United States. Recent studies have found concering variability in quality and safety America’s generic drug supply, most ...

They have the same active ingredients—but experts say there are some key factors that set these medications apart at the pharmacy counter. One of the biggest is cost. An employee inspects medications ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The U.S. spent $722.5 billion on pharmaceuticals in 2023. Although brand-name drugs consume four out of every 5 dollars America ...

Generic medications are a mainstay of medical practice in the US and have been a tremendous economic success for patients. Since passage of the 1984 Hatch-Waxman Act, generic drugs have risen from 19 ...

Brand-name medications go through extensive clinical trials to show the safety and efficacy of treatment to receive Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval. Once FDA-approved, the brand ...

Antiretroviral drugs are one of the pharmaceutical industry’s great achievements. They have turned HIV/AIDS from a death sentence into a treatable condition. Still, even after being on the market for ...

As drug prices continue to rise and the affordability of medicines for patients remains out of reach, finding new and creative solutions that address affordability, while also rewarding innovation, is ...

A new investigative report released by Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Rick Scott (R-FL), ranking member and chairman of the US Senate Special Committee on Aging, respectively, details the ...

NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with Anna Edney, health care reporter with Bloomberg, about her reporting on how some generic versions of cold medicine contain a cancer-causing chemical. Generic ...