Drug Product Selection Board (Food & Drug Branch)

O le Drug Product Selection Board, operating i lalo o le Matagaluega o Health's Food ma Drug Branch, iloiloina ma faʻamaoniina lists o therapeutically equivalent drug products lea e pharmacists atonu substitute pe a filling prescriptions i Hawaii. E iloiloina bioequivalence faʻamaumauga ma faia determinations e uiga i lea e generic drugs o interchangeable ma brand-name counterparts. O le board's faʻaiʻuga saʻo shape le a pharmacists e mafai ona dispense ma le a patients receive.

O afea lou doctor prescribes se medication, lenei board's faʻamaoniina substitution list fuafuaina pe lou pharmacist e mafai ona offer oe se lower-cost generic alternative. Attending open fono gives le lautele se voice i drug substitution faiga faʻavae.