Novel medicine prescription patient abandonment rate

On average, 35% of these prescriptions were filled, while 65% went unfilled, including an average of 49% rejected by payers and 17% abandoned by patients after payer approval, likely due to high out‑of‑pocket costs.

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IQVIA Institute. (2024). 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_FCQZ5DYNRM6XXF5MRPSPYR4Q8A

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IQVIA Institute. "U.S. Medicine Use Trends 2026." 2024, 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_FCQZ5DYNRM6XXF5MRPSPYR4Q8A.

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IQVIA Institute. "U.S. Medicine Use Trends 2026." 2024. 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_FCQZ5DYNRM6XXF5MRPSPYR4Q8A.

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@misc{iqvia2024novelyr4q8a, author = {{IQVIA Institute}}, title = {U.S. Medicine Use Trends 2026}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_FCQZ5DYNRM6XXF5MRPSPYR4Q8A}, 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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