The Brazilian private pharmaceutical market after the first ten years of the generics law

Table 4 Number and percentage^c of manufacturers of generics and branded generics by licensure type over time^b

Selected medicines^a	2002						2006						2010
	Branded generics		Generics		Generics + Branded generics		Branded generics		Generics		Generics + Branded generics		Branded generics		Generics		Generics + Branded generics
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Antibiotics
Penicillins	36	78.3	3	6.5	7	15.2	32	68.1	6	12.8	9	19.1	15	41.7	7	19.4	14	38.9
Fluoroquinolones	29	85.3	2	5.9	3	8.8	36	69.2	9	17.3	7	13.5	22	47.8	12	26.1	12	26.1
Cephalosporins	19	73.1	2	7.7	5	19.2	20	57.1	8	22.9	7	20	11	39.3	7	25	10	35.7
Macrolides	29	82.9	1	2.9	5	14.3	31	72.1	2	4.7	10	23.3	23	57.5	7	17.5	10	25
Antidiabetics
Glibenclamide	11	91.7	1	8.3	0	0	15	71.4	5	23.8	1	4.8	12	57.1	8	38.1	1	4.8
Glimepiride	2	100	0	0	0	0	9	69.2	3	23.1	1	7.7	6	35.3	9	52.9	2	11.8
Metformin	4	66.7	1	16.7	1	16.7	13	56.5	9	39.1	1	4.3	13	41.9	15	48.4	3	9.7
Antihypertensives
Methyldopa	12	92.3	1	7.7	0	0	13	76.5	2	11.8	2	11.8	7	63.6	2	18.2	2	18.2
Diuretics	20	90.9	1	4.5	1	4.5	27	77.1	5	14.3	3	8.6	22	68.8	6	18.8	4	12.5
Betablockers	13	76.5	2	11.8	2	11.8	17	60.7	6	21.4	5	17.9	15	48.4	9	29	7	22.6
Calcium antagonists	18	81.8	2	9.1	2	9.1	24	63.2	8	21.1	6	15.8	16	48.5	11	33.3	6	18.2
ACE inhibitors^d	26	78.8	3	9.1	4	12.1	37	71.2	8	15.4	7	13.5	33	62.3	12	22.6	8	15.1

^aIncluded are only antidiabetic, antihypertensive and antidiabetic molecules which had generics in the market during the study period
^bTime points are the first quarter of the respective year
^cDenominators are the total number of manufacturers of branded generics and generics in each period
^dACE = Angiotensin-converting enzyme

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