Egyptian women in a sorrowful gesture of mourning. Mourning is, in the simplest sense, grief over someone's death. The word is also used to describe a cultural complex of behaviours in which the bereaved participate or are expected to participate. Customs vary between cultures and evolve over time, though many core behaviors remain constant.
The major difference between a brand-name pharmaceutical and its generic counterpart is neither chemistry nor quality, but whether the drug is still under patent protection by the company that initially developed it. When a company develops a new drug, it typically receives a patent that lasts 20 years.
A drug s brand or trade name is the name its manufacturer gives the drug, thus one drug might have several trade names, each assigned by a different manufacturer. For example, ibuprofen is marketed as Advil, Motrin, Nuprin, and others.ach drug has only one generic name and it is used by all manufacturers of the drug. Different pharmacies prepare drug labels different ways, but often you will see the generic name printed on a drug label in small type, sometimes in parentheses, under the brand name.