Thu.Jul 11, 2019

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Faster FDA Approvals Don’t Affect Generic Drug Availability or Cost

Pharmacy Checkers

I’m proud to share that PharmacyChecker has published a white paper that examines prices and availability of newly approved generic drugs. Our report, based on 40 generic medications that were approved from 2017-2018, clearly shows that generic drug approvals often don’t lead to greater affordability or even access here in the U.S. We were inspired to examine pricing in addition to availability after seeing availability research conducted by Kaiser Health News (KHN).