{"id":636862,"date":"2026-07-07T17:00:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T21:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/?p=636862"},"modified":"2026-07-07T17:00:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T21:00:55","slug":"combigan-generic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/combigan-generic\/","title":{"rendered":"Is there a generic for Combigan?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Combigan<\/span><\/a> is a brand-name prescription eye drop medication used to treat high eye pressure. It contains a combination of two other prescription eye drops, <\/span>brimonidine tartrate<\/span><\/a> (an <\/span>alpha-adrenergic agonist<\/span><\/a>) and <\/span>timolol maleate<\/span><\/a> (a <\/span>beta blocker<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

Brand-name medications<\/span><\/a> like Combigan are often expensive, <\/span>but the good news is that the generic for Combigan,<\/span> brimonidine tartrate-timolol<\/span><\/a>, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Combigan generic availability<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n

Generic name<\/b><\/td>\nBrimonidine tartrate-timolol<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FDA approval date of the generic version<\/b><\/td>\nApril 2022<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Is there a generic available for sale in the U.S.?\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nYes<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Comparing brand-name Combigan vs. the generic<\/span><\/h2>\n

Generic Combigan is sold as <\/span>brimonidine tartrate-timolol<\/span><\/a>, the combined name of its active ingredients. It contains the same formulation as brand-name Combigan and was approved for sale in U.S. pharmacies in <\/span>April 2022<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Brand-name and generic Combigan are more similar than they are different. Similarities include the following:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n