Two or more drugs contain the same therapeutically active ingredient which elicits same pharmacological effects and can control the disease to the same extent are known to be pharmaceutic equivalent.

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Pharmaceutically equivalent drugs contain the same active ingredient(s), but they may differ in other characteristics such as the manufacturing process, formulation, excipients, and packaging. The definition provided in the question more accurately describes therapeutic equivalence, where two drugs are expected to have the same therapeutic effect and safety profile when administered to patients under the conditions specified in the labeling.

Two or More Drugs Contain the Same Therapeutically Active Ingredient