A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Erik Steiger discusses the operational pain of legacy PDF generation in regulated banking and manufacturing. He ...

Using generics results in more robust code and avoids ClassCastExceptions in your Java programs. This in-depth tutorial introduces you to generics and their types and methods. Generics are used in ...

C++ templates are all about generic programming, but not the type of generics you may be familiar with from C# and Java. This is the first in a series on C++ generic programming. I'll start with an ...

Universal generics would allow Java type variables to range over primitive and reference types, making it easier to extend or reuse code across different types. Java would get universal generics under ...

“When I worked at Cambrex, I learned that generics are kind of boring,” says Kenneth Drew, senior director of North American sales and business development at Flamma, an Italian manufacturer of active ...

Authorized generics are approved brand-name drugs that are sold by brand-name manufacturers or licensees without brands on their labeling. Despite their prevalence in prescription drug markets in the ...

In September 1984, the Drug Price Competition & Patent Term Restoration Act, commonly known as the Hatch-Waxman Act for its congressional sponsors’ names, was signed into U.S. law. By creating a new ...

Replacing high-cost generics with cheaper medications that have the same clinical benefit could have cut down spending and saved patients about 88%, according to Johns Hopkins research published in ...

Off-patent medicines provide people with access to high-quality essential treatment options that can be significantly less expensive than branded on-patent medicines. Off-patent therapies — generics ...

Recent press reports and other evidence suggest that Medicare Part D plans may be encouraging the use of brand-name drugs instead of generics. However, the scope of such practices is unclear. We ...