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Volume share of generics in prescription drug market Japan 2005-2021

Published by Statista Research Department, Apr 25, 2022
The volume share of generics in the Japanese prescription drugs market stood at around 79 percent as of September 2021, up from about 32.5 percent in 2005. The health ministry in Japan did not meet the set goal of generic drug usage of 80 percent, which was to be achieved by September 2020.

Volume share of generics in the prescription drug market in Japan from 2005 to 2021

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Release date

April 2022

Region

Japan

Survey time period

2005 to 2021; as of September

Supplementary notes

According to the source, the volume ratio is defined as the proportion of generics that take as denominators the "original drugs for which there are generic alternatives" and "generic drugs".

The source does not provide an exact publication date. Date given here is the day of data access.

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