generic drug

English Thesaurus

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 (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	drug,
definition	:	a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	generic,
definition	:	any product that can be sold without a brand name (noun.artifact)

antonym	:	brand-name drug, proprietary drug,
definition	:	a drug that has a trade name and is protected by a patent (can be produced and sold only by the company holding the patent) (noun.artifact)

antonym	:	brand-name drug, proprietary drug,
definition	:	a drug that has a trade name and is protected by a patent (can be produced and sold only by the company holding the patent) (noun.artifact)