The impact of generic substitution on the activities of pharmaceutical companies - a survey from the companies' perspective one year and five years after the introduction of generic substitution in finland

Table 2 Impact of generic substitution on the number of employees in the pharmaceutical companies.

	Survey 2004				Survey 2008
	Original product companies n (%)	Generic product companies n (%)	Total n (%)	P-value	Original product companies n (%)	Generic product companies n (%)	Total n (%)	P-value
Has generic substitution influenced the number of employees in your company?*			0.063					0.814
No	7 (44)	2 (29)	9 (39)		7 (44)	4 (67)	11 (50)
Number of employees has decreased	6 (37)	2 (29)	8 (35)		7 (44)	2 (33)	9 (41)
Number of employees has increased	-	3 (43)	3 (13)		2 (12)	-	2 (9)
Some other impact^a	3 (19)	-	3 (13)		-	-	-
Total	16 (100)	7 (100)	23 (100)		16 (100)	6 (100)	22 (100)

* P-value between the 2004 and 2008 surveys in the original product companies (p = 0.210) and in the generic product companies (p = 0.283)
^a Employees have been reassigned to another post, openings in the company have not been filled.