Many Recently Approved Generic Drugs Are Not For Sale In The US.

reports that while the Trump Administration “has been trumpeting a huge increase in FDA generic drug approvals the past two years...nearly half of those newly approved drugs aren’t being sold in the United States.” According to Kaiser Health News’ analysis, the FDA “has approved more than 1,600 generic drug applications since January 2017...but more than 700, or about 43 percent, of those generics still weren’t on the market as of early January.” FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said during an interview, “It’s a real problem because we’re not getting all the expected competition.” https://khn.org/news/trump-administration-salutes-parade-of-generic-drug-approvals-but-hundreds-arent-for-sale/