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401-25: Deconstructing the Pharmaceutical Industry: Brand vs Generics and What It Means for Practice

Take a deep dive into the pharmaceutical industry, including how drugs get to market, how they move from brand to generic, and why it matters for prescribing practitioners. 

Presenter:  Laura G. Leahy, DrNP, APRN, PMH-CNS/FNP, CARN-AP, FAANP, FAAN

Disclosures:  The APNA planners and faculty, with the exception of those listed below, have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. All relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated. Off-label uses will be discussed during this presentation.

Laura G. Leahy, DrNP, APRN, PMH-CNS/FNP, CARN-AP, FAANP, FAAN is on the speaker’s bureau for Otsuka Pharmaceutical and Biogen/Sage Therapeutics. Dr. Leahy is on the advisory board for Otsuka pharmaceutical and Johnson & Johnson.

Session Length:  2 hours

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

Learning Outcome:
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

• Discuss three ways in which generic formulations of medications may differ from the brand formulations.

Keywords:  Generic Drugs, Brand-name Drugs, Clinical Practice, Prescribing, Compound Drugs, FDA Drug Approval, Drug Development

Nursing Continuing Professional Development:
2.0 pharmacology contact hours.  * In order to receive contact hours, you must: Listen to presentation, complete an evaluation, and pass the post-test with a score of 80% or higher before the expiration date. Unlimited post-test attempts are allowed. Once all steps are successfully completed, the certificate will be generated online, available for you to print immediately. All steps must be successfully completed to earn contact hours. 

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Release date: July 16, 2025
Access to this course will end: July 31, 2027

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