It should be, especially since both products have the same active ingredient in the same amounts. In 2016, the drug company Sandoz announced the launch of its generic version of Latisse.Sandoz. (2016). Sandoz launches generic version of Latisse. Sandoz AG. The FDA found this generic formula to be therapeutically equivalent to name-brand Latisse.United States Food & Drug Administration. (2016). Orange Book: Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations. FDA. Therapeutic equivalence means that a drug product “can be substituted with the full expectation that the substituted product will produce the same clinical effect and safety profile as the prescribed product.”United States Food & Drug Administration. (2017). Drugs@FDA Glossary of Terms. FDA.