Authorized Generics
Prasco’s Authorized Generic is the Brand®
An Authorized Generic* is an approved brand name drug sold in private label packaging through generic trade channels. An Authorized Generic is the exact same drug product as the brand, including both active and inactive ingredients.
*According to the FDA, an Authorized Generic is “an approved brand name drug that is marketed without the brand name on its label. Other than the fact that it does not have the brand name on its label, it is the exact same drug product as the branded product.”
Not all generic drugs have the same formula
All generic drugs are FDA approved and are as safe and effective as the brand name¹. Most people know they also have the same active ingredients as the brand name, but many don’t realize generics are not required to have the same inactive ingredients² as the brand. These make up over 70% of a tablet on average³. Prasco’s Authorized Generics always have the exact same active and inactive ingredients as the brand name product.
All drug images on this page are for illustrative purposes. Not actual size & not actual drugs sold here.
Authorized Generics Quality & Value
Prasco partners with many of the world’s most innovative pharmaceutical companies to bring their brand medications to market as Authorized Generics. Prasco Authorized Generics are made by the original brand manufacturers, often in the same facilities, and carry the legacy of years of research, manufacturing excellence and high quality production that comes from supplying the entire market, often for many years.
- US Food and Drug Administraiton. Generic Drug Facts https://www.fda.gov/drugs/generic-drugs/generic-drug-facts
- Inactive ingredients do not have a pharmacological effect and are added to medications as fillers and binders, or to improve taste, prolong shelf life or improve absorption.
- Reker et al. Science Translational Medicine. 13 Mar 2019: Vol. 11, Issue 483, eaau6753.