re: Generic vs. brand name medicine

quote:

---

But most companies just reverse engineer it from the name brand since they have to post all the ingredients on the box. It is real easy for pharma companies to do it, just the paper work and wait time from the FDA is usually the limiting factor.

---

The intellectual property laws on patent are what the drug companies are trying to change. As of today the drugs have a patent of 20 years from the day the patent is filed. It may take 8-10 years to get that drug approved by FDA and to market so they have the balance to make their money from research and development to production before the generic comes to market. The generic are identical because there is no need to change.

Buy generic.