{"id":4088,"date":"2026-02-25T08:25:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T07:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iph-multisite.berta-bewegt.ch\/?page_id=4088"},"modified":"2026-02-25T08:25:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T07:25:46","slug":"generika","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.interpharma.ch\/en\/themen\/der-patient-im-mittelpunkt\/arzneimittelherstellung\/generika\/","title":{"rendered":"Generics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Generics, which\nare copies of brand-name medicines, are manufactured after the patent\nprotection on the original product has expired, using the same active\ningredient. A generic product has the same composition, volume, dosage and\npharmaceutical formulation as the original.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Generic pricing<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nprice-difference rule states that generics can only be granted reimbursable\nstatus under statutory health insurance cover if they are less expensive than\nthe products they are copying by a percentage determined by the market volume\nof the original. This takes into account the fact that generics do not incur\nany costs for research or development. Generic pricing is based on the price of\nthe original product on the date its patent expires. The price-difference rule\nis set out in Art. 65c of the Health Insurance Ordinance (HIO). The\nmanufacturer may reduce the price of the original product to that of the\ngeneric in order to remain competitive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Federal\nCouncil revised this price difference between generics and original products in\n2017 with the aim of reducing the prices of medicinal products. Generic pricing\nwas differentiated more strongly according to the market volume of the original\nproduct as a criterion for inclusion in the List of pharmaceutical\nspecialities. There are five levels determined by the market volume of the\noriginal product during the three years prior to the expiry of its patent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Federal\nCouncil also made the differentiated co-payment made by the patient more\nflexible. Patients are currently required to make a differentiated co-payment\nof 20 percent for a medicine if it is at least 20 percent more expensive than\nthe average of the cheapest third of all medicinal products with the same\nactive substance composition on the List of pharmaceutical specialities.\nPreviously, patients had to make a co-payment of 10 percent for generics and 20\npercent for original products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Substitution \u2013 a right, but not an obligation<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to\nArt. 52a of the Health Insurance Act, pharmacists can substitute a generic for\nan original product prescribed by a doctor, but they are not obliged to. Pharmacists\ntherefore have a right to substitute generics in Switzerland, but substitution\nis not mandatory. The doctor can leave it to the pharmacist, as a healthcare\nprofessional, to select the product most suitable for the patient.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Generics, which are copies of brand-name medicines, are manufactured after the patent protection on the original product has expired, using the same active ingredient. A generic product has the same composition, volume, dosage and pharmaceutical formulation as the original. 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