HyperDic English BRAND ... brand-name drug

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English 1 sense of the expression *brand-name drug*:
NOUN	artifact	brand-name drug, proprietary drug	a drug that has a trade name and is protected by a patent / patent (can be produced and sold only by the company holding the patent / patent)

Englishbrand-name drug: 1 sense noun 1, artifact
Meaning	A drug that has a trade name and is protected by a patent / patent (can be produced and sold only by the company holding the patent / patent).
Synonym	proprietary drug
Broader	drug	A substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
Opposite	generic drug	When the patent protection for a brand-name drug expires generic versions of the drug can be offered for sale if the FDA agrees

HyperDicEnglishBRAND ... brand-name drug