Definition
     Generics become equivalent medicines
     What the law says
     The concept of bioequivalence
     Why it costs less
     At the pharmacy:          the option of substitution
     The role of the doctor in prescribing
     The role of the pharmacist in          dispensing medicine
     Glossary

Active ingredient

The term active ingredient indicates the substance that possesses therapeutic activity in a medicine.
The remaining components of a pharmaceutical form are called excipients and are utilised to improve its stability, storage and administration or to modify the release rate of the active ingredient.