Generic Drugs’ 10-Year Savings To U.S. Health System Top $1 Tril. For First Time, GPhA Finds

Generic Pharmaceutical Association, with research from IMS Health, says the savings to the U.S. health care system from using generic drugs were $1.07 trillion over the past 10 years, a figure the group believes should be taken into consideration when looking for solutions to the general fiscal crisis facing the U.S. The association is going to focus on improving generic utilization on state and local level.