As more brand-name drugs lose patent protection, use of less expensive generics continues to rise. A new report, published in April 2011 by IMS Health, shows a slowdown in US spending on drugs, but an increase in the percentage of prescriptions filled by generics and a faster rate of capture of market share by generics after patent expiry.
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Biosimilars
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