Type of medicine
|
Year
|
Number of medicines brands reviewed
|
Number of pricing data from MPMS
|
Percentage price markup (%)
|
---|
From declared wholesalea to median retail priceb
|
From median wholesaleb price to median retail priceb
|
---|
Median
|
25th percentile
|
75th percentile
|
Median
|
25th percentile
|
75th percentile
|
---|
Innovator
|
2011
|
30
|
187
|
26.9
|
16.9
|
33.4
|
33.3
|
26.3
|
37.5
|
2012
|
12
|
103
|
14.8
|
3.0
|
32.7
|
33.32
|
39.5
|
28.6
|
2013
|
17
|
182
|
9.3
|
−6.3
|
29.6
|
38.9
|
33.3
|
45.8
|
2014
|
10
|
176
|
18.3
|
−5.3
|
33.3
|
32.9
|
30.9
|
33.3
|
2015
|
19
|
235
|
4.1
|
−2.9
|
32.8
|
33.4
|
29.4
|
47.1
|
Generic
|
2011
|
44
|
176
|
53.1
|
18.9
|
179.0
|
100.9
|
56.3
|
181.8
|
2012
|
22
|
105
|
109.2
|
39.5
|
284.1
|
138.0
|
70.4
|
308.2
|
2013
|
48
|
194
|
110.8
|
37.0
|
248.1
|
102.6
|
66.7
|
177.8
|
2014
|
68
|
383
|
95.1
|
23.2
|
200.8
|
117.9
|
65.5
|
255.9
|
2015
|
149
|
786
|
82.7
|
20.0
|
229.7
|
102.9
|
63.7
|
203.0
|
- Note: MPMS Medicine Price Monitoring Survey
- aDeclared wholesale = the wholesale price declared by the pharmaceutical industries to Pharmaceutical Service Division (PSD), Ministry of Health Malaysia
- bMedian wholesale and retail price = medicine price sampled by the MPMS from various community pharmacy and private hospitals in Malaysia