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...
Dec 9, 2022
Infections with the Group A Streptococcus (GAS ) are very common at the moment and can cause Scarlet Fever. This mainly affects children and Amoxicillin is the most common treatment. However, the availability of and prices of Amoxicillin products for pharmacies and...
Nov 2, 2022
In recent years branded generics, which are branded versions of off-patent medicines other than the originator, have been included in the VPAS Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing. This has meant that the manufacturers of branded generics have had to return...
Oct 13, 2022
Wavedata have looked in depth at generic product shortages, but have not so far examined branded product shortages in any depth. Therefore we looked at the ABPI’s serious shortage protocol (SSPS) list published on their website each month and chose the list of...
Sep 27, 2022
Efient was launched in the UK in 2009. This was followed by a two year honeymoon period, which ended in 2011 when the first parallel imports appeared on the UK retail market. For the first three months just one company was selling the Efient PI. However, this grew so...