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Medication Literacy: Generic Medicines
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Medication Literacy: Generic Medicines

Generic drugs, the lower-cost versions of brand-name drugs that enter the market after a brand-name drug’s monopoly period ends, have come to assume a growing portion of the US drug market. Learn more about generic drugs.