title: [Generic drugs, alternatives, substitutes, interchanges].
abstract: Linking up with the topical activities of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) in defining the concepts generic alternative, generic substitution, therapeutic alternative, therapeutic substitution and therapeutic replacement and the proposed policy, the paper describes the state and development in the field of generics. The attention is devoted to the position of generics in selected countries, their definitions, labelling, pricing and generic substitution.
authors.affiliation: Ustav aplikované farmacie Farmaceutické fakulty Veterinární, farmaceutické univerzity, Brno.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kolár
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chalabala
mesh_terms: D016527:Drug Costs; D004348:Drug Labeling; D016568:Drugs, Generic; D013810:Therapeutic Equivalency
chemical_list: D016568:Drugs, Generic
vernacular_title: Generika, alternativy, substituce, zámĕny.