The long-term effect of generic price competition on the Hungarian statin market

• Main Authors: Balázs Répásy (Author), Tibor Gazsó (Author), Diána Elmer (Author), Dalma Pónusz-Kovács (Author), Fanni Luca Kajos (Author), Tímea Csákvári (Author), Bettina Kovács (Author), Imre Boncz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Generic competition is a vital health policy tool used in regulating the pharmaceutical market. Drug group HMG-CoA reductase (3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme-A reductase) inhibitors, widely known as "statins," was the first drug group in Hungary in which generic pr...