Generic Medication definition

Generic Medication means a medication that has the same active ingredient as a Brand Medication or is identified as a Generic Medication by AvMed’s Pharmacy Benefits Manager.

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Generic Medication means a medication identified by its chemical, proprietary, or non‐proprietary name, that is readily available to pharmacies for dispensing from three or more of the non‐affiliated top ten national manufacturers and either (i) is substitutable for a drug under state law or (ii) if not addressed by state law, is accepted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as therapeutically equivalent and interchangeable with drugs having an identical amount of the same active ingredient. Generic Medications are no longer protected by patent. GLO means the General Land Office. Employees of the VLB are considered employees of the GLO, and the terms “VLB” and “GLO” are used interchangeably throughout these Guidelines. HHSC means the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, successor agency to the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (“DADS”).

Generic Medication means a Prescription Medication that is equivalent to a Brand-Name Medication and is listed in widely accepted references (or specified by Us) as a Generic Medication. For the purposes of this definition, "equivalent" means the FDA ensures that the Generic Medication has the same active ingredients, meets the same manufacturing and testing standards, and is as safe and as effective as the Brand-Name Medication. If listings in widely accepted references are conflicting or indefinite about whether a Prescription Medication is a generic or Brand-Name Medication, We will decide. Mail-Order Supplier means a mail-order Pharmacy with which We have contracted for mail-order services.

Examples of Generic Medication in a sentence

• Operator must use the VA Formulary, unless (i) prescription medications are received with proper justification documenting the clinical, therapeutic need for the Brand Name Medication, or (ii) a Generic Medication equivalent is not available or does not exist.

• The VA Formulary lists medications by the Generic Medication name.

• If a Generic Medication equivalent becomes available, a pharmacist may substitute the Generic Medication equivalent, unless the practitioner has specified on the initial prescription that the Brand Name Medication is medically necessary.

• When a prescription is issued for a Brand Name Medication that has no Generic Medication equivalent, the pharmacist will dispense the Brand Name Medication.

• A practitioner may prohibit the substitution of a Generic Medication equivalent for a Brand Name Medication by writing across the face of the written prescription, in the practitioner's own handwriting, the phrase "brand necessary" or "brand medicallynecessary." In which case, the pharmacist will dispense the Brand Name Medication or, if the medication is not reasonably available to the Resident, consult the practitioner further.

• A practitioner may prohibit the substitution of a Generic Medication equivalent for a Brand Name Medication by writing across the face of the written prescription, in the practitioner's own handwriting, the phrase "brand necessary" or "brand medically necessary." In which case, the pharmacist will dispense the Brand Name Medication or, if the medication is not reasonably available to the Resident, consult the practitioner further.