Nov 30, 2023
Wavedata looked at the average prices of generic products sold to pharmacies and dispensing doctors between August and October 2023 and compared this with the number of price list offers for the same products in the same time period. It would seem sensible to assume...
Nov 22, 2023
The first generic versions of Zonisamide Caps 25mg 14 were launched after loss of exclusivity in November 2015. However, in the run-up to this, the prices being offered to pharmacists and dispensing doctors for the brand declined from about £8.00 to about £7.40. This...
Nov 20, 2023
Eplerenone Tabs were launched in September 2014 after the loss of exclusivity of Pfizer’s Inspra brand. Eplerenone is one of those products which is subject to regular price bounces, concessions and shortages. Each of the two packs has experienced three price bounces...
Nov 9, 2023
It would seem sensible to assume that profitable products are less likely to suffer shortages, concessions and price spikes than products where profit is hard to come by. Charles Joynson, WaveData MD, compared the reimbursement price and the average market price for...
Oct 10, 2023
Charles Joynson, WaveData MD, drilled into this to see where the increase is coming from, demonstrating that it’s a mixture of parallel import and generics which are driving the rise. – Parallel imports have risen from £22.73 in Sept 2013 to 26.24 in August...
Sep 20, 2023
Charles Joynson, WaveData MD, puts a spotlight on Lustral Tabs as we explore the product lifecycle post LOE. Before generics were launched in November 2005 there was a high degree of similarity between the price of the UK and PI (parallel import) packs of Lustral Tabs...