Brand-name drug and Drug

Brand-name drug noun - 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).

Drug and brand-name drug are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Drug" instead a noun phrase "Brand-name drug".

Drug noun - A substance or preparation used to treat disease.

Brand-name drug and drug are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Brand-name drug" with "Drug", this terms are similar.

Nearby Word: druggy