: not identified with a major brand name
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The announcement on Friday effectively ends an FDA policy that allowed drug compounders to make less expensive off-brand versions of the semaglutide injections when the brand-name products are in short supply. Maya Goldman, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025 These off-brand copies are sold at a steep discount—sometimes under $100 a vial—compared to the name-brand medications, which can be over $1,000 a month without insurance. Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 21 Feb. 2025 The spot focused on the company’s off-brand semaglutide injections — an affordable alternative to Ozempic (NVO-2.98%) and Wegovy, priced at $199/month. Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 11 Feb. 2025 Some dispensers can only take cartridges that are made by the same manufacturer, while others can use off-brand cartridges, too. Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for off-brand

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First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of off-brand was in 1892

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“Off-brand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-brand. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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