BRAND-NAME DRUG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brand-name drug mean? 

• BRAND-NAME DRUG (noun)
  The noun BRAND-NAME DRUG has 1 sense:

1. a drug that has a trade name and is protected by a patent (can be produced and sold only by the company holding the patent)

  Familiarity information: BRAND-NAME DRUG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRAND-NAME DRUG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A drug that has a trade name and is protected by a patent (can be produced and sold only by the company holding the patent)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

brand-name drug; proprietary drug

Hypernyms ("brand-name drug" is a kind of...):

drug (a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic)

Antonym:

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)