SPECIALTY INJECTABLE GENERICS MARKET ANALYSIS

Regional Analysis

Increasing prevalence of neurological disorders in North America is expected to bolster the market growth

North America holds dominant position in the specialty injectable generics market, owing to high prevalence of genetic disorders. According to the U.S. Pharmacist Journal, January 2018, around 1.2 million adults are diagnosed with early symptoms of brain disorders, annually, of which 21% are due to Alzheimer’s disease and the total number of new cases of Parkinson’s disease and traumatic brain injuries is around 135 million in the U.S.

Moreover, North America is the largest generics drug and biosimilar market worldwide especially in segments of specialty disease and large annual generic/biosimilar prescription. According to report by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration in 2016, U.S. generic drug sales reached an estimated US$ 70 billion, which is a quarter of the global market. This was due to a large number of drugs going off-patent and healthcare reforms favoring generics. Generics holds 22% of total prescription sales and its share in filled prescriptions increased from 19% in 1984 to 88% in 2015.