Sep 16, 2025
Leslie Galloway, EMIG Chairman, shared his analysis of VPAG. Here’s Charles’ key takeaways: · The NHS VPAG rebate is £1bn over 3 years and so is a fixed rebate with risk share. · Global Pharma CEOs have asked for lower rebates and a better deal, that...
Sep 16, 2025
Charles Joynson, WaveData MD, decided to have a look at the differences between the average market price for generics and the English drug tariff. He wanted to know if the gap between the two was being squeezed, resulting in some of the misery pharmacists are going...
Sep 16, 2025
Four times over the last 10 years, free market competition between the manufacturers of Olanzapine tablets drove the price to a level where profit was impossible and withdrawal is the only option. When prices decline in the market, the reimbursement drug tariff often...
Sep 11, 2025
Isotrex Gel 0.05% was first launched in the UK by Stiefel Laboratories Ltd on 10 November 2002. It was primarily used to treat acne vulgaris in adolescents and contained isotretinoin, a compound similar to Vitamin A. The first parallel import appeared in the UK in...
Sep 9, 2025
It was a crazy idea, that generic manufacturers would be able to monitor each other’s sales prices. Back in 1999, when Charles Joynson was working in the Business Information department at Baker Norton, he was tasked with acquiring some competitor Pharmacy Price...
Aug 22, 2025
Check out the latest UK Price Watch article in the Generics Bulletin for analysis and insight on May’s product launches, the biggest risers, the biggest fallers and the fastest movers…. with market data provided by WaveData. Dave Wallace editor at Generics Bulletin,...
