Assessment of Medical and Pharmacy Students’ Knowledge and Perceptions about Generic Medicines and their Quality and Prices in Kabul - Afghanistan   Mohammad Bashaar, Mohamed Azmi Hassali Discipline of Social and Administrative Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia OBJECTIVES: To assess medical and pharmacy students’ knowledge and perception about generic medicines and its quality and prices in Kabul- Afghanistan. METHODS: A questionnaire based convenience sample of 255 was applied and study was conducted at Kabul Medical University and Pharmacy Faculty of Kabul University. The questionnaire had 19 questions and was designed in two sections (definition of generic and branded medicine and perception towards generic medicine). A total of 95 pharmacy and 125 medical students had voluntarily participated in the survey. SPSS version 16 was used for data analysis purposes. RESULTS:  Among the total target n = 220 (response rate 86.27%) students voluntarily participated in the survey and n = 27 (28.42%) of the pharmacy students were working as pharmacists in the private pharmacy outlets. In reference to the knowledge about generic medicines n = 173 (67.84%) of the respondents had knowledge about generic medicines. The interviewees n = 205 (80.39%) expressed that the quality is their major concern, when buying generic medicines. Both groups have shown unanimity n= 216 (84.70%) that prescription of generic medicines promotes cost containment among the patient. CONCLUSIONS: The current study emphasizes that awareness and knowledge about generic medicines by including special topics in the medical and pharmacy curriculum is important and further promoting culture of prescribing generic medicines in daily practice.