COMPARATIVE PHARMACEUTICAL STUDY OF SOME BRANDED AND GENERIC TABLET FORMULATIONS

Manoj Gajanan Bajait*, Roshan Ghatmale, Bhagyashree mundhey

Sandip Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nashik, Maharastra

ABSTRACT

A branded medicine is the original medicine developed by the pharmaceutical company so that branded medicines are also known as inventor drugs. During the research, the company spends a huge amount of money so that the company files the patent of the drug to recover the money spent during research. The generic drugs are the drug that contains the same chemical substance as a drug that was patented by the branded drug. A generic drug is allowed to sell after the expiry of the patent which files by the inventor company. The generic drug contains the same active pharmaceutical ingredient as of the branded product. The present study aimed to compare the generic and branded tablet formulation which are frequently prescribed, sell or purchased (over the counter) in terms of the pharmaceutical parameters.

Keywords:

Branded medicine, Generic drug Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient