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Table 4 The median retail price for 15 medicine brands from year 2011 to 2015

From: Association between medicine Price declaration by pharmaceutical industries and retail prices in Malaysia’s private healthcare sector

Year

MPMS retail pricea for sample of medicine from 2011 to 2015 (RM)

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Generic name

Median

25th Per

75th Per

Median

25th Per

75th Per

Median

25th Per

75th Per

Median

25th Per

75th Per

Median

25th Per

75th Per

Innovator

 Hyoscine butylbromide 10 mg tablet

0.35

0.32

0.40

0.33

0.30

0.40

0.32

0.30

0.40

0.47

0.30

0.45

0.40

0.30

050

 Glibenclamide 5 mg tablet

0.84

0.73

0.90

0.65

0.60

0.84

0.75

0.65

0.84

0.76

0.65

0.83

0.78

0.70

0.84

 Gliclazide 80 mg tablet

1.33

1.10

1.51

1.24

1.00

1.50

1.17

1.08

1.50

1.20

1.01

1.50

1.42

1/17

1.80

 Metformin 500 mg tablet

0.53

0.40

0.72

0.48

0.45

0.55

0.49

0.45

0.53

0.43

0.39

0.50

0.47

0.40

0.50

 Frusemide 40 mg tablet

1.21

1.18

1.26

1.20

1.18

1.20

1.23

1.20

1.38

1.20

1.19

1.26

1.34

1.20

1.40

Generic

 Allopurinol 300 mg tablet

0.40

0.35

0.45

0.43

0.35

0.50

0.40

0.35

0.50

0.40

0.30

0.50

0.40

0.30

0.43

 Isosorbide dinitrate 10 mg tablet

0.10

0.10

0.15

0.15

0.10

0.20

0.20

0.10

0.20

0.20

0.16

0.26

0.20

0.15

0.30

 Amoxicillin 250 mg tablet

0.20

0.20

0.25

0.20

0.20

0.25

0.20

0.20

0.20

0.20

0.20

0.25

0.22

0.20

0.30

 Doxycillin 100

0.42

0.35

0.50

0.30

0.30

0.50

0.30

0.30

1.00

0.38

0.23

0.73

0.48

0.38

0.75

 Frusemide 40 mg tablet

0.30

0.30

0.35

0.20

0.10

0.30

0.30

0.30

0.30

0.30

0.15

0.50

0.40

0.12

0.50

 Gliclazide 80 mg tablet

0.55

0.50

0.64

0.60

0.45

0.65

0.59

0.55

0.65

0.58

0.50

0.60

0.58

0.43

0.66

 Prednisolone 5 mg tablet

0.18

0.12

0.25

0.20

0.20

0.20

0.20

0.20

0.25

0.20

0.20

0.20

0.20

0.16

0.20

 Promethazine 1 mg/ml syrup

0.08

0.06

0.09

0.09

0.07

0.10

0.07

0.07

0.06

0.07

0.06

0.07

0.08

0.07

0.09

 Loratadine 10 mg tablet

0.50

0.50

0.50

0.50

0.50

0.50

0.50

0.50

0.50

0.65

0.55

0.70

0.65

0.60

0.75

 Simvastatin 20 mg tablet

1.00

1.00

1.00

0.83

0.63

1.00

1.00

0.67

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

0.50

0.50

0.50

  1. aRetail prices were medicine price sampled through the Medicine Price Monitoring Survey (MPMS) from various sites such as community pharmacy and private hospitals in Malaysia; RM Ringgit Malaysia