The global use of medicines 2022: outlook to 2026

The global use of medicines 2022: outlook to 2026 The largest driver of medicine spending through the next five years is expected to be global Covid-19 vaccinations. More widely, global spending on medicines continues to be driven by innovation and offset by losses of exclusivity and the lower costs of generics and biosimilars. This report quantifies the impact of these dynamics and examine the spending and usage of medicines in 2021 and the outlook to 2026, globally and for specific therapy areas and countries. IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science