COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EFFICIENCY OF BRANDED AND GENERIC DRUGS ON ANAEMIA

The present work was to evaluate the price, quality and efficiency of branded and generic drugs on Anaemia which are manufactured by the same pharmaceutical company in India. Clinical study was perfomed on three different groups of individuals like group 1,group 2,group 3 . These subjects were tested for their haemoglobin content by a qualified lab technician which showed that majority of the subjects were anaemic and hence Iron supplements like Glowfol-Z and Fefol were used in the study .Group 1 was selected as control, group 2 was selected for generic formulation and group 3 for branded formulation. They were prescribed with iron preparations by Registered Medical Practitioner and the results were noted before and after the medication. The obtained results were subjected to statistical analysis which showed that there is significant difference exists in the group 2 individuals who were subjected to generic medication showing generics are almost equal in efficiency to the branded ones except in cost because the generics are sold at a low price to the branded ones. Keywords: Branded medicines, generic, haemoglobin, Anaemia