Jul 10, 2024
Twice before WaveData to have looked into this subject only to find there is no link between product value and the delay in the introduction of Category M. However, time moves on, so we thought we’d repeat the analysis, partly because of a recent client request, and...
May 23, 2024
Dr. Leyla Hannbeck, Chief Executive of the Independent Pharmacies Association, has reported that pharmacies are completely out of stock of Clarithromycin. This antibiotic is used to treat children with whooping cough and pharmacies are now having to turn patients away...
Jan 30, 2024
We were chatting about shortages with some peers last week at the HDA conference. This got us playing devil’s advocate, how would we create a shortage? Firstly, we’d cut the reimbursement price of a commonly used generic product to a fraction of its...
Nov 9, 2023
It would seem sensible to assume that profitable products are less likely to suffer shortages, concessions and price spikes than products where profit is hard to come by. Charles Joynson, WaveData MD, compared the reimbursement price and the average market price for...
Oct 10, 2023
Charles Joynson, WaveData MD, drilled into this to see where the increase is coming from, demonstrating that it’s a mixture of parallel import and generics which are driving the rise. – Parallel imports have risen from £22.73 in Sept 2013 to 26.24 in August...
Sep 20, 2023
Charles Joynson, WaveData MD, puts a spotlight on Lustral Tabs as we explore the product lifecycle post LOE. Before generics were launched in November 2005 there was a high degree of similarity between the price of the UK and PI (parallel import) packs of Lustral Tabs...
