This statistic shows the generics share of Canada's prescribed drugs market value from 2006 to 2023. The cost share reached a maximum of 25.6 percent in 2010. By 2019, the value of generic drug sales had decreased to just 19.1 percent of all dollars spent on medication. However, the share of costs increased since then to over 22 percent in 2023.
Generics share of prescribed drug costs in Canada from 2006 to 2023
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Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association. (June 1, 2024). Generics share of prescribed drug costs in Canada from 2006 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/473209/generic-medicine-market-share-of-rx-sales-in-canada/
Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association. "Generics share of prescribed drug costs in Canada from 2006 to 2023." Chart. June 1, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/473209/generic-medicine-market-share-of-rx-sales-in-canada/
Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association. (2024). Generics share of prescribed drug costs in Canada from 2006 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/473209/generic-medicine-market-share-of-rx-sales-in-canada/
Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association. "Generics Share of Prescribed Drug Costs in Canada from 2006 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jun 2024, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/473209/generic-medicine-market-share-of-rx-sales-in-canada/
Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association, Generics share of prescribed drug costs in Canada from 2006 to 2023 Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/473209/generic-medicine-market-share-of-rx-sales-in-canada/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Generics share of prescribed drug costs in Canada from 2006 to 2023 [Graph], Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association, June 1, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/473209/generic-medicine-market-share-of-rx-sales-in-canada/
