Hello, and welcome to a health podocy. I'm your host, Rob Lott. I'll admit that I have a relatively simple understanding of the relationship between brand name drugs and generic drugs. Generally, I ...

A box of the asthma medication Flovent HFA. The branded version of the product is being discontinued and replaced by an authorized generic. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Medicaid has a ...

The use of generic drugs continues to rise. Only seven years ago, 38 percent of U.S. drugs were generics. The forecast for 2007 is 48 percent. For the most part, this is good news for the generic drug ...

Starting January 1, a drug that thousands of patients depend on to help them breathe will disappear from pharmacy shelves, and doctors are concerned patients may have delays switching to alternatives ...

(RTTNews) - Specialty pharmaceutical company Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. (COLL) announced Monday it has entered into an authorized generic agreement with Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., pursuant to ...

Nordic Pharma, a subsidiary of Nordic Group B.V., announced a partnership with Harrow, a leading North American eyecare company, to launch an authorized generic of Maxitrol (neomycin and polymyxin B ...

An authorized generic is different from a generic drug, according to the FDA, because it’s the “exact same drug product” as a branded drug, just without the brand name on the label. A generic drug, ...

Collegium Pharmaceuticals has entered into an authorized generic agreement with Hikma, in which Hikma will have the exclusive right to sell the authorized generic versions of Nucynta and Nucynta ER ...