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Table 5 Median consumer prices of insulin: online pharmacies Vs. retail pharmacies – adjusted to 100 IU 10 ml pack
| Online pharmacy prices (INR) | Retail pharmacy prices (INR) | p-value (retail vs overall online pharmacy) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 mg | Apollo | MedPlus | NetMeds | Overall (i.e. all online pharmacies combined) | |||
| Human insulin | |||||||
| Vial | 301.0 | 322.2 | 289.9 | 322.2 | 321.8 (n = 93) | 323.5 (n = 187) | < 0.0001a |
| Cartridge | 794.8 | 585.5 | 715.5 | 590.2 | 654.8 (n = 40) | 796.6 (n = 9) | 0.2630 |
| Pen | 1092.7 | 1213.3 | 1092.0 | 1213.3 | 1213.3 (n = 9) | 1170.0 (n = 16) | 0.0545 |
| Insulin analogues | |||||||
| Vial | 1474.7 | 1421.8 | 1253.5 | 1633.3 | 1575.3 (n = 13) | 1168.8 (n = 6) | 0.0653 |
| Cartridge | 1920.0 | 1703.6 | 1578.1 | 1662.3 | 1672.2 (n = 33) | 1794.0 (n = 12) | 0.7273 |
| Pen | 2190.3 | 2240.0 | 2016.0 | 2141.1 | 2190.2 (n = 33) | 2160.0 (n = 49) | 0.0181a |
