Generic prescriptions allow patients to get the medicines they need at a lower price, without sacrificing the quality of treatment because, as we know, generic drugs are required by the FDA to be ...

Generic over-the-counter medicines can cost significantly less than their name-brand counterparts. Most consumers see generics as a good bargain, the same medicine with the same ingredients for less ...

U-M pharmacy researchers publish series of articles on generic vs. name brand medications. ANN ARBOR---Debate over substituting one drug product for another isn't new---by some accounts, it goes back ...

Regardless of where you live in the U.S., chances are you stand in the grocery aisle, price-comparing generic items to name brand ones. You’re not alone, either. Private-label brand sales increased by ...

hands opening a can of beans with a can opener - Kinga Krzeminska/Getty Images Generic canned food was a staple in my household growing up. Every meal required at least one canned item. (Hey, some ...

Reader Wayne King had a simple enough question: How do prescription drugs get named? My initial guess was there must be some blue-ribbon panel of experts involved, or maybe a fancy computer algorithm.

Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Management, York University, Emergency Physician at University Health Network, Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto In ...

The Medicare Part D program would have saved $977 million in a single year if all branded prescription drugs requested by prescribing clinicians had been substituted by a generic option, according to ...

One can save you money, but which one tastes better? WINK News’ Consumer Reporter Allison Gormly is helping you Make Ends Meet by putting cereal to the test. Buying name-brand is a family tradition ...