Proprietary medicine
Proprietary drug and proprietary medicine are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Proprietary drug" instead a noun phrase "Proprietary medicine".
Proprietary drug
Proprietary 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).
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Synonyms for Proprietary drug
Proprietary medicine and proprietary drug are semantically related. You can use "Proprietary medicine" instead a noun phrase "Proprietary drug".
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