A term for a drug patented for production by one company.
The trade name of a drug registered by the pharmaceutical company which has developed and patented it. This protects the name, ingredients and manufacturing technique for a set period of time, and helps the company to recoup the often costly research and development needed to produce and test the drug. Doctors may prescribe a drug by its trade name or by its o?cial, approved name, although the NHS encourages the latter. (See GENERIC DRUG; PATENT.)... proprietary name
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