Clindamycin Caps 150mg 24 Periodic Price Rises

Clindamycin Caps 150mg 24 Periodic Price Rises

Clindamycin Caps 150mg 24 is a product subject to periodic price rises in the prices dispensing doctors and pharmacists pay for it. These rises seem to be regular, with about 90 months (7 and a half years) between each. The first rise peaked in Apr 2008, the second in...
Competition for Market Price in Temazepam Tabs 10mg 28

Competition for Market Price in Temazepam Tabs 10mg 28

In recent days the market price for Temazepam Tabs 10mg 28 has risen from a May average of £0.97 to £2.76. This seems to have been triggered by the loss of 2 or the 4 manufacturers, one in 2018 and the second in 2021. This often happens because the market price falls...
Fiercely competing Suppliers of Anagrelide Caps 0.5mg 100

Fiercely competing Suppliers of Anagrelide Caps 0.5mg 100

The graph below shows the average prices being paid by pharmacies and dispensing doctors in the UK for Anagrelide Caps 0.5mg 100. Some suppliers take a high price strategy, giving rebates after the sale, whereas others try to keep their prices as low as possible and...
A three year pattern of periodic price bounces

A three year pattern of periodic price bounces

Ibandronic Acid Tabs 50mg 28 is another product which experiences periodic price rises. Right now the market price has peaked at over £140.00, well above the product’s normal price of less than £20.00. The last time the price peaked was in May 2019, and before...
Intense Market Competition in the UK

Intense Market Competition in the UK

The graph below helps to explain why market price competition is so intense in the UK. The three main manufacturers fight hard to get the lowest or most profitable price. In addition to these three, there are numerous smaller manufacturers which compete in some months...
Nortriptaline Tabs 10mg 100 Prices are Highly Variable

Nortriptaline Tabs 10mg 100 Prices are Highly Variable

The prices pharmacists and dispensing doctors pay for medical products in the UK are incredibly variable. The example below shows how prices have varied for Nortriptaline Tabs 10mg 100 over the last 10 years and even now prices range from £1.10 to £2.96. Suppliers in...