Generic drugs are the rare part of American health care that actually drives down costs. In 2024, they accounted for 90 ...

Replacing high-cost generics with cheaper medications that have the same clinical benefit could have cut down spending and saved patients about 88%, according to Johns Hopkins research published in ...

More than just inexpensive substitutes, generic drugs offer a glimpse into certain issues that pharmaceutical companies are facing now. While consumers depend on generics as a low-cost alternative to ...

Policy interventions, including large-scale private-public partnerships, are key to reducing prescription drug shortages and averting patient harm. Shortages of prescription generic drugs, which ...

The Association for Accessible Medicines commented on an analysis by Avalere showing that Medicare plans increase patient costs for generic medicines by moving those medicines to more expensive ...

A white paper crafted by the Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM) outlined that main causes of generic drug shortages and recommended several actions for stakeholders to remedy current shortages ...