[Generic medications and prescription by non-proprietary name].
Complementarily to a previous publication, this paper tries to answer a few commonly asked questions about--generic medications: pharmaceutical quality, bioequivalence and therapeutic equivalence, substitution, etc. A summary of recent regulations about reference price and prescription by non-proprietary name, aiming at the promotion of generic medication prescription is also presented.
Delporte
J P
JP
Département de Pharmacie, Université de Liège, Belgique. jpdelporte@ulg.ac.be
Delattre
L
L
Herné
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D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000592:standards*; D016568:Drugs, Generic; D013810:Therapeutic Equivalency
D016568:Drugs, Generic