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An Economic Evaluation of Generic Drug Entries in Turkish Pharmaceutical Market

Türkiye İlaç Pazarında Jenerik İlaç Girişlerinin Ekonomik Olarak Değerlendirmesi

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21–26
Publication Date
2022-10-19
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Therefore, if there are more than 6 generics there will be no more price drops

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Objective & Hypothesis:Background: The widespread use of generic medicines in Turkey will reduce pressure on the budgetary burden resulting from new treatments and facilitate access for more patients.
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Key Findings & Data:The objective of the paper is to study the effects of generic entry on the price of the original drug and show the generic competition with increased number of generic drugs in Turkish Pharmaceutical Market.
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Conclusion & Impact:Therefore, if there are more than 6 generics there will be no more price drops
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Abstract

Background: The widespread use of generic medicines in Turkey will reduce pressure on the budgetary burden resulting from new treatments and facilitate access for more patients. Therefore, it is important to analyze the effects of the new generic drugs on the equivalent market in Turkey. The objective of the paper is to study the effects of generic entry on the price of the original drug and show the generic competition with increased number of generic drugs in Turkish Pharmaceutical Market. Materials and Methods: We evaluated 46 equivalent groups and 256 medicines. We assessed the groups that generic equivalents of original products market entry after January 2007 for ten years period in Turkey. Unit prices (TL) were calculated with using monthly sales (TL) and monthly unit sales quantities obtained from Quintiles and Intercontinental Marketing Statistics database. In order to calculate the generic market entry effect in each generic equivalent group, we calculated the 12-month average unit price of original drug before first generic entry and we calculated the 12-month average unit price of original drug after the first generic entry. Results: We observed that in this study, 39 original products average prices decrease was 25.85% [standard deviation (SD±10.2%) and 10 products average price increase was 5.59% (SD±6.3) when a generic medicine first appeared in the market. On the evaluated equivalent groups, the original drug prices were significantly decreased when the generic drugs entered to the market. Conclusion: This paper concerns the impact of generic competition on the market unit price ratio of original drugs and has shown that the effects of new generic entrance to market on original drug unit price are significant and enduring. But this effect ends with the entry of 6th generic drug. Therefore, if there are more than 6 generics there will be no more price drops

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Amaç: Türkiye’de jenerik ilaçların yaygınlaşması, yeni tedavilerin bütçe üzerindeki baskısını azaltacak ve daha fazla hastanın erişimini kolaylaştıracaktır. Bu nedenle, yeni jenerik ilaçların Türkiye’deki eş değer pazar üzerindeki etkilerinin analiz edilmesi önemlidir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, jenerik girişinin orijinal ilacın fiyatı üzerindeki etkilerini incelemek ve Türkiye İlaç Pazarı’nda artan jenerik ilaç sayısı ile jenerik rekabetini göstermektir. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Kırk altı eş değer grubu ve 256 ilaç değerlendirildi. Türkiye’de Ocak 2007’den sonra orijinal ürünlerin jenerik eş değerlerinin pazara giriş yaptığı gruplar on yıllık dönem için değerlendirildi. Birim fiyatlar (TL), IQVIA veri tabanından elde edilen aylık satış (TL) ve aylık birim satış miktarları kullanılarak hesaplanmıştır. Her bir jenerik eş değer grupta jenerik pazara giriş etkisini hesaplamak için ilk jenerik girişten önce orijinal ilacın 12 aylık ortalama birim fiyatını ve ilk jenerik girişten sonra orijinal ilacın 12 aylık ortalama birim fiyatı hesaplandı. Bulgular: Bu çalışmada, bir jenerik ilacın piyasa içinde ilk ortaya çıktığında 39 orijinal üründe ortalama fiyat düşüşünün %25,85 [standart sapma (SS)±10,2 ve 10 üründe ortalama fiyat artışının %5,59 (SS±6,3) olduğunu gözlemledik. Değerlendirilen eş değer gruplarda, jenerik ilaçların piyasaya girmesiyle orijinal ilaç fiyatları önemli ölçüde düşmüştür.

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Bektemür, G., Yılmaz, E. Ş., Bayar, B., Gürsöz, H., Atıkeler, E. K., Vural, İ. M., Nacar, S., Beyan, A. (2022). An Economic Evaluation of Generic Drug Entries in Turkish Pharmaceutical Market. Hamidiye Medical Journal, Cilt: 3 - Sayı: 1, 21–26. https://ajindex.com/articles/533838

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