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Collect information about generic medicines and discuss them in the class.

Generic medicines are those medicines which are for sale in the market without brand names. Generic medicines are generally less expensive. In safety, purity and effectiveness are exactly the same as branded medicines. It can be understood with an example, Calpol is a brand for paracetamol tablets. Generic medicine do not have brand name but contains the same parcetamol medicine.


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