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South Korean pharma market to reach US$20 billion by 2020

Home/Reports | Posted 27/05/2016

The pharmaceutical market in South Korea is on the increase and is expected to reach more than US$20 billion by 2020.

Guidelines needed for follow-on versions of NBCDs

Home/Reports | Posted 25/10/2013

Currently, ‘follow-on’ versions of non-biological complex drugs (NBCDs), such as iron carbohydrates, liposomal drugs and glatiramoids, and which also include some synthetic proteins and polypeptides, are approved under the generics pathway.

Global uptake of biosimilars

Home/Reports | Posted 03/08/2012

About 85% of the human world population lives in an emerging economy, where biosimilars are less-regulated or even unregulated. Taking into account the huge cost of originator biologicals, and with the growing affluence and purchasing power in these emerging countries, the market for biosimilars is expected to grow significantly in these regions for the foreseeable future.

Spending on medicines in the US increases again in 2015

Home/Reports | Posted 20/05/2016

Growth in spending on medicines in the US increased by US$46.2 billion, or 12.2%, over 2014 levels, reaching US$425 billion in 2015. The increase was fuelled by the number of new medicines launched (43 new active substances were launched in 2015), while the savings from brand-name drugs facing generics competition were relatively low.

Payers in US expect biosimilars to reduce costs

Home/Reports | Posted 13/05/2016

Payers in the US expect the use of biosimilars to be a strategy that can be used to reduce the cost of specialty drugs, according to a report published by biotech giant Amgen.

Prices of brand-name drugs in the US have doubled since 2011

Home/Reports | Posted 06/05/2016

According to Express Scripts, the average price of brand-name drugs in the US has doubled in the past five years and has increased on average by 16.2% since 2015. Express Scripts, the largest pharmacy benefit management organization in the US, based its March 2016 report on prescription use data for members with drug coverage by the organization.