What Price Triggers A Shortage? Part 3

What Price Triggers A Shortage? Part 3

Charles Joynson, WaveData MD, has conducted some indepth analysis to try to identify early warning signs of generic shortages. Here’s the third and final instalment In the first part of this series we looked at Losartan Tabs 12.5mg 28 and at the four shortages...
What Price Triggers a Shortage? Part 2

What Price Triggers a Shortage? Part 2

Charles Joynson, WaveData MD, has conducted some indepth analysis to try to identify early warning signs of generic shortages. Here’s the second instalment In the first instalment of this series, we looked at Losartan Tabs 12.5mg 28 and at the four shortages of...
What Price Triggers A Shortage?

What Price Triggers A Shortage?

Charles Joynson, WaveData MD, has conducted some indepth analysis to try to identify early warning signs of generic shortages. Here’s the first instalment. Over the last few years, WaveData has repeatedly analysed shortages and concessions, trying to find links...
How does Category M affect Pharmacies and Manufacturers?

How does Category M affect Pharmacies and Manufacturers?

Prompted by a Client’s questions about Category M and the formula that goes behind it to drive Pharmacy profitability, we asked Charles Joynson, WaveData MD, to have a closer look at Category M to see if he can make any sense of it. Initially that we assumed that the...
How generous are branded respiratory manufacturers with discounts?

How generous are branded respiratory manufacturers with discounts?

WaveData conducted a comparison of the average market prices given to accounts (pharmacies and dispensing doctors) by respiratory product manufacturers. The average discounts given over a 10 year period are very consistent at 9%, which probably reflects the underlying...