iMedPub Journals www.imedpub.com Research Article 2017 Vol.3 No.S2:40 DOI: 10.21767/2472-1158.100074 1 © Under License of Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License | This article is available in: htps://clinical-epigenetcs.imedpub.com/ Journal of Clinical Epigenetics ISSN 2472-1158 Pranati Srivastava*, Supriya Roy and Samuel-Etijoro Emamezi Amity Insttute of Pharmacy, Amity University, Utar Pradesh, Lucknow, India *Corresponding author: Pranat Srivastava  psrivastava6@lko.amity.edu Amity Insttute of Pharmacy, Amity University, Utar Pradesh, Lucknow, India. Tel: +91-8400154076 Citaton: Srivastava P, Roy S, Emamezi SE (2017) Comparative Analysis of Generic Drugs Over Proprietary Counterparts In Indian Market. J Clin Epigenet. Vol.3 No.S2:40 Introducton Drugs are any substance (biological or chemical) except food that when consumed afects the physiological functon of the body. It can also be defned as substance used in the treatment, cure, mitgaton, diagnosis and preventon of diseases [1]. These drugs can be classifed as: • Prescripton drugs • Over the Counter drugs Prescripton Drugs are drugs prescribed by a doctor, usually purchased at a pharmacy and prescribed for only one person and to be used only for that one person. Some examples of prescripton drugs includes Abacavir, Athralin, Quinapril, etc. Over the Counter Drugs are also called Non-Prescripton drugs are drugs that are usually sold over the counter without a doctor’s prescripton. Over the counter drugs can be analgesics, NSAIDs, decongestants, antacids, ant-fungal drugs, cough suppressants (e.g ant-tussives and expectorants), ant-acne drugs, some topical antbiotcs (usually available in the form of creams, ointments, powder, sprays, etc.) [2]. Characteristcs of Otc Drugs • The benefts of OTC drugs outweigh the risks of the drug. • The chances of misuse and abuse are lower. Received: September 21, 2017; Accepted: November 06, 2017; Published: November 10, 2017 Comparatve Analysis of Generic Drugs Over Proprietary Counterparts In Indian Market Abstract Drugs are any substance either biological or chemical and when consumed afects the physiological functon of the body. These drugs are classifed as OTC drugs or Prescripton drugs. Both OTC drugs and Prescripton drugs are available as Generic drugs or Branded/Proprietary drugs. While Branded drugs are protected by a patent for a partcular number of years, generic drugs are not. Generic drugs only have to meet the same bio-equivalence requirement as their branded counterparts. Also, Branded drugs take a lot of tme to get approved while generic drugs take a much lesser tme. Due to the tme taken for the Branded drugs to get approved, the costs used in the development of the drug, branded drugs then to get very expensive in the market while generic drugs are cheaper. Keywords: Generic; Branded; Proprietary; Bio-equivalence; Drugs; Costs • They can be easily used for self-diagnosed health conditons. • The need of a health professional for safe and efectve use is not required. • OTC drugs are usually regulated by Actve Pharmaceutcal Ingredients (APIs) that are safe and efectve when used without a doctor’s advice. Both Prescripton drugs and Generic drugs can be sold as either Generic Drugs or Proprietary Drugs [3]. Generic Drugs Generic drugs refer to the chemical compositon of a drug and not the innovator drug which has a brand name in which the chemical compositon of the drug is sold as. It is usually identcal as a proprietary drug in dose, potency, route of administraton, quality, its acton and does the same the work the drug was manufactured for. The term ‘generic’ when used to describe household items implies that the item is cheaper and can be less efectve and a duplicate version of a brand name product [4]. But in the case of generic drugs, they are of the same quality and are as efectve as that of the branded counterpart. The generic name is the name for the actve pharmaceutcal ingredient that is responsible for the therapeutc acton and is found in the medicine that has been made.