EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Sustainability has been defined as the capacity to withstand, endure, nurture and prolong over time. An ability to continue that should not be confused with simply surviving, but rather maintaining the vitality and strength to build on, enhance, and thrive.

Today, generic medicines play an essential role in treating disease by increasing the accessibility and affordability of modern day pharmaceuticals in global healthcare systems. The sustainability of the generic medicines sector is vital to ensure that these benefits accrue into the future and essential medicines continue to be made available to as many patients as possible without deference to cost…