Biosimilars outlook and why they could be a boon to a strained U.S. health care system

The history of generic drugs can be traced to the 1920s when the manufacturer of aspirin went to court to keep generic versions off store and pharmacy shelves. The company lost when the court learned “aspirin” had become the generic name for the product. This case and decades of legislative accomplishments since have paved the way for a thriving generics drug industry, which now accounts for 90% of prescriptions filled in the U.S. Generics have made more medicines accessible to more patients ,…
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