The Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA) is the nation’s leading trade association for manufacturers and distributors of generic prescription drugs, manufacturers of bulk active pharmaceutical chemicals, and suppliers of other goods and services to the generic industry.

GPhA's core mission is to improve the lives of patients and the U.S. healthcare system by advancing timely access to affordable generic medicines. In furtherance of this mission, GPhA supports and promotes the following core objectives:

• Sustainability, growth and competitiveness of the U.S generic and biosimilars medicines industry;
• Measures that remove barriers and advance more timely patient access to FDA-approved, safe, effective and less costly generic and biosimilar medicines;
• Initiatives which promote the substitution of medicines deemed interchangeable; and
• Advancement of one high-quality standard for medicines, generic or brand, distributed in the United States.