Retail pharmacy prescription drug average annual growth (5-year)

The use of prescription drugs dispensed from retail pharmacies has continued to grow at an average annual rate of 2.4% over the last five years, with much slower growth in 2024 and 2025, reducing total market growth.

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IQVIA Institute. (2025). U.S. Medicine Use Trends 2026. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports-and-publications/reports/us-medicine-use-trends-2026. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_3DSN2ZANQWM81WRX17M904PZHH

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IQVIA Institute. "U.S. Medicine Use Trends 2026." 2025, https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports-and-publications/reports/us-medicine-use-trends-2026. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_3DSN2ZANQWM81WRX17M904PZHH.

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IQVIA Institute. "U.S. Medicine Use Trends 2026." 2025. https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports-and-publications/reports/us-medicine-use-trends-2026. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_3DSN2ZANQWM81WRX17M904PZHH.

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@misc{iqvia2025retail04pzhh, author = {{IQVIA Institute}}, title = {U.S. Medicine Use Trends 2026}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_3DSN2ZANQWM81WRX17M904PZHH}, note = {Original source: https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports-and-publications/reports/us-medicine-use-trends-2026. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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