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,...
Aug 18, 2025
Today we thought we’d have a look at Pletal (Cilostazol) for which we can see the appearance and disappearance of parallel imports in the UK. Pletal was first launched into the UK in 2007 and is used for the treatment of intermittent claudication, a condition...
Aug 18, 2025
Provigil was launchd in the UK in March 1998 and it is used to promote wakefulness in patients with narcolepsy, a condition characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness. The first sign of parallel imports being sold into the UK was in November 2001, and though a...
Aug 5, 2025
Between 2001 and 2022 the number of generics in the English drug tariff increased from 1682 to 3955. Most of this was driven by increased patient demand and new product launches to cope with this demand. However, more recently the number of products in this...
