Question

A mother is picking up a prescription for her child. The insurance company is requiring a generic drug when the mother is insistent that her child NEEDS the brand name drug. Preauthorization for the brand name drug has been already been denied by insurance.

Answer 1

A mother is picking up a prescription for her child, but the insurance company is requiring a generic drug instead of the brand name drug. The answer explains what generic drugs are, how they are approved, and mentions instances of corruption and falsification of data related to the approval of generic drugs.

Step-by-step explanation:

In this situation, the subject is medicine and the grade level is high school.

A mother is picking up a prescription for her child, but the insurance company is requiring a generic drug instead of the brand name drug that the mother believes her child needs. Preauthorization for the brand name drug has already been denied by the insurance.

Generic drugs are chemical equivalents of name-brand drugs that have expired patents. They are less expensive and are required to be interchangeable with or therapeutically equivalent to the originally approved drug. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves generic drugs through an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA). However, there have been instances of corruption and falsification of data related to the approval of generic drugs.