Sep 19, 2024
Charles Joynson, WaveData MD, has conducted some indepth analysis to try to identify early warning signs of generic shortages. Here’s the second instalment In the first instalment of this series, we looked at Losartan Tabs 12.5mg 28 and at the four shortages of...
Sep 18, 2024
Charles Joynson, WaveData MD, has conducted some indepth analysis to try to identify early warning signs of generic shortages. Here’s the first instalment. Over the last few years, WaveData has repeatedly analysed shortages and concessions, trying to find links...
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...
