Jul 13, 2022
Genetic Sitagliptin (generic Januvia) may be heading for the UK market. If it arrives and gains licenses here, how will manufacturers, suppliers and buyers monitor the pricing and sales activity? A service called Wavedata Live was set up in 2004 and has been...
Jul 11, 2022
To get a feel for this we looked at one pack of Lundbeck’s Cipralex and a pack of the generic Escitalopram as we wanted to see how the shortage and price rise of the generic in 2019 affected the brand. Although the drug tariff came down from £14.91 at the start...
Jul 6, 2022
Generic shortages are often triggered when the average market price falls to a level at which manufacturers can no longer make a profit. At this point they cancel manufacturing orders, the stock in the market is used up by dispensing to patients, free stock declines...
Jul 4, 2022
When generic Sertraline Tabs 100mg 28 was launched in November 2005 the market price fell rapidly from £25 to below £5. Since then the average price has risen in five ‘price spikes’ and on four of these occasions the resulting shortage has necessitated granting...
Jun 29, 2022
Alendronate Tabs 70mg 4 is a product subject to occasional price rises, generally from just over £0.20 to between £0.50 and £0.83. The average market price is rising again currently this month and the current June average price is £0.63. The gap between the price...
Jun 23, 2022
The prices offered to or paid by pharmacists of dispensing doctors in the UK is incredibly variable because of the UK’s free pricing of medical products. This means that whereas the rest of Europe set prices using legislation, the UK only set the reimbursement...
