the name of the drug contained in the drug standard. The generic name is the legal name of the drug. In China, the generic names of drugs are named according to the international generic drug names and the provisions of the Pharmacopoeia Committee of the Ministry of Health's Measures for the Examination and Approval of New Drugs. The use of generic names for drugs, that is, the use of the same name for drugs of the same prescription or variety, is conducive to the supervision and management of drugs by the state, to the selection of drugs by doctors, to the protection of consumers' legitimate rights and interests, and to fair competition among pharmaceutical enterprises. According to Article 8 of the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China, the generic name of a drug shall not be registered as a trademark; According to Article 12 of the Standards for Examination of Drug Advertisements, generic names are the contents that must be publicized in drug advertisements.

trade name

The trade name of a drug refers to the special trade name of the drug used by a specific enterprise approved by the state drug supervision and administration department. For example, acetaminophen is an antipyretic and analgesic drug, and its common name is acetaminophen. The trade names of compound preparations containing acetaminophen produced by different pharmaceutical factories include Baifuzai, Tylenol, Beliton, etc.

Differences:

There are often multiple drugs. In order to establish their own brands, many pharmaceutical manufacturers often register their own drugs with unique trade names to show their differences. Therefore, the same drug can have multiple trade names, such as the trade names of acetaminophen compound preparations, such as Baifuzai, Tylenol and Bilitong. When patients use drugs, no matter what the commodity name is, they should identify the common name, that is, the legal name of the drug, that is, the name of the drug stipulated by the national standard. According to the Trademark Law, generic names cannot be registered as trademarks or trade names, so generic names can help identify drugs and avoid repeated use of drugs. The Drug Administration Law and the Provisions on the Administration of Drug Instructions and Labels (Order No.24 of the State Food and Drug Administration) stipulate that the generic name of the drug should be marked on the drug package or drug instructions. Trade names of drugs shall not be written in the same way as generic names, their fonts and colors shall not be more prominent and conspicuous than generic names, and their fonts shall not be more than half of the fonts used in generic names in terms of single word area

Generic names are national or world-wide names, and there is only one generic name for a drug. Trade name is the name that pharmaceutical manufacturers register their own drugs in order to establish their own brands. Drugs containing the same ingredient have different trade names due to different manufacturers, but their common names are the same. For example, acetaminophen is a generic name, while Tylenol and Baifuning are different trade names.