2) Generic medicines When the patent of a branded drug expires, other companies can make the same drug without a brand name at a lower price. These medicines are as safe and effective as branded ...

Optum Rx will increase reimbursements to pharmacies for brand-name drugs and cut them for generics.  Optum Rx said the new ...

UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s drug-benefits unit is starting to reimburse pharmacies more for dispensing brand-name medicines to ...

Basically, a brand-name drug company settles a patent infringement lawsuit by paying cash or transferring something else of ...

Several epilepsy specialists 1,2 and societies, including the American Academy of Neurology, 3 have expressed concern that generic substitution of branded drugs carries a greater potential risk of ...

Generic products are medicinal products that have the same active ingredient (active substance) as the original (branded) product and in the same quantity. However, such drugs are produced under a ...

If left unchecked, the power of PBMs and their complex relationships within the American healthcare system could lead to higher drug costs and diminished returns.

Teva's business is encountering headwinds, including declining U.S. generics revenue. Read what this biotech plans to do in 2025.

Generic drugmakers and hospital pharmacists warn that added financial pressure from tariffs could strain the nation's generic drug supplies.

At the center of the controversy are so-called compounded medications, which aren't regulated in the same way as brand-name or generic drugs are and aren't formally approved by the Food and Drug ...