Table 3.

Savings Achieved by Switching to Best Buy Drugs, by Class, in 2006

	ACE Inhibitors		Beta Blockers		Calcium Channel Blockers		Statins		Total
	Dollars (in Millions)	%	Dollars (in Millions)	%	Dollars (in Millions)	%	Dollars (in Millions)	%	Dollars (in Millions)	%
Actual sales in 2005	$3,855.77		$5,232.08		$5,282.09		$20,881.85		$35,251.79
Savings possible
100% of substitutions achieved	$280.13	7.3	$213.84	4.1	$1,015.16	19.2	$1,249.80	6.0	$2,758.93	7.8
50% of substitutions achieved	$140.07	3.6	$106.92	2.0	$507.58	9.6	$624.90	3.0	$1,379.47	3.9
25% of substitutions achieved	$70.03	1.8	$53.46	1.0	$253.79	4.8	$312.45	1.5	$689.73	2.0
Distribution of savings
% from generic substitution	14.9		96.5		22.5		56.0		0.0
% from therapeutic substitution	85.1		3.5		77.5		44.0		0.0