State laws regarding generic drug and interchangeable biologic substitutions vary widely in the United States, researchers reported.
Generic drugs saved the U.S. health care system $1.7 trillion between 2007 and 2016, and biologics currently account for 2% of dispensed medications and almost 40% of spending, according to researchers.
Past research has linked generic drugs with improved medication adherence and health outcomes, Chana A. Sacks, MD, member of a regulation, therapeutics and law program in the department of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and colleagues wrote. They
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