Jun 22, 2022
The pricing strategies of UK wholesalers and manufacturers are highly variable, with some suppliers trying to keep prices stable and avoiding big changes, whereas others react to market conditions by making big changes. This means that many suppliers monitor...
Jun 20, 2022
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...
Jun 16, 2022
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...
Jun 13, 2022
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...
Jun 13, 2022
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...
May 30, 2022
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...
