Consider the pharmaceutical industry, where generic medications are required by law to have the same active ingredients, ...

According to the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, state law does allow pharmacists to substitute a brand-name medication with a generic version as long as the patient doesn't refuse it or the doctor ...

The popularity of the adjustable pliers spawned knockoffs until “Channellock” became a generic term, similar to Kleenex and Chapstick. To protect the brand, Champion-DeArment changed its name ...

Since Viagra is a brand-name medication, the price of Viagra is very high and may not currently fit within your budget. But a generic version (and the active ingredient) of this popular medication ...

Thus the value of the brand in the year prior to generic launch has an effect on the speed of price decay. In other words, the larger the value of the brand, the more generic companies there are ...

Others suggested that Walmart’s generic brand soda may include vegetable oil to mimic the original ingredients of Mountain Dew. “Mtn dew has vegetable oil in it for decades,” a commenter said.