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generic drug

pharmaceutical drug that is equivalent to a brand-name product in dosage, strength, route of administration, quality, performance, and intended use
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generic drug

Summary

generic drug is a drug[1]. It draws 870 Wikipedia views per month (drug category, ranking #4 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • generic drug's instance of is recorded as drug[3].
  • generic drug is a type of medication[4].
  • generic drug is the opposite of proprietary drug[5].
  • generic drug comprises generic drug in Japan[6].
  • generic drug's has characteristic is recorded as bioequivalence[7].
  • generic drug's different from is recorded as biosimilar[8].

Why It Matters

generic drug draws 870 Wikipedia views per month (drug category, ranking #4 of 7).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . gov.br. gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opposite of → proprietary drug
    Different from → biosimilar
    Subclass of → —
    Instance of → drug
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|15 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 1076, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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