Aug 24, 2023
Normally we expect branded devices to maintain their pharmacy purchase prices over long periods of time. However, here this is not the case. Charles Joynson, WaveData MD investigates further. Looking at the long term market price trends of Freestyle Optium Test Strips...
Dec 12, 2022
Branded Procoralan first appeared on price lists sent to pharmacists and dispensing doctors in the UK in February 2008, followed 5 months later in July 2008 by parallel imported versions. The number of offers each month for the parallel import grew slowly to a peak of...
Dec 12, 2022
Branded Ezetrol first appeared on price lists sent to pharmacists and dispensing doctors in the UK in June 2004, accompanied in the same month by the first evidence of parallel imports. However, the number of price list offers for the parallel import has never topped...
Dec 12, 2022
Branded Cialis was launched in the UK March 2003, which was followed in July 2004, 16 months later, by the appearance of the first parallel import. The number of monthly offers for the PI peaked in October 2008 at 137 market offers in a single month. However by June...
Dec 12, 2022
Branded Crestor was launched in the UK June 2003, and this was followed by the appearance of the first parallel import just one month later. The number of market offers in price lists for parallel imported versions of Crestor follows a typical ‘whale’s...
Nov 17, 2022
In the UK a major part of the branded medicine supply is provided by manufacturers outside the UK. These products are made for use in the EU but imported into the UK as parallel Imports (PIs) appear in the market within a couple of years of brand launch, and gradually...
