Table 2 Percentage of medicine price markup from declared wholesale and retail wholesale to median retail price
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 | |