# \[e-drug\] Comparative drug prices (con'd) **URL:** https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-comparative-drug-prices-cond/12840 **Category:** e-drug **Created:** [October 29, 2001, 12:10pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-comparative-drug-prices-cond/12840 "2001-10-29T12:10:41Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![bfunda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@bfunda](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/bfunda) #### Post date: [October 29, 2001, 12:10pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-comparative-drug-prices-cond/12840/1 "2001-10-29T12:10:41Z")
E-drug: Comparative drug prices (con'd) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Albert, Hallo there. Kindly advise what you look for in this sort of comparators. What are your terms of reference for creating such a list. Whenever I look at such comparisnons, I always ask myself if the comparison between countries, regions, etc, is actually fair, reasonable. For example, do you consider purchasing parity; the state of a country's economy, etc? I ask this because some of the lists I've come across don't say how the list has been developed. If we are looking at what one company is charging in two different countries, one assumes that that company has based that pricing on some market intelligence. If not, then that approach may be questioned. Would you also be checking to what extent a given government controls its economic environment (for example, does a given government control how much a pack of 20 Aspirins- patented- must cost), or not? You probably have all this background stuff under wraps and taken care off, but I thought to ask. Regards, Bonnie Bonnie Fundafunda PhD, MBA, B.Pharm(Hon) Marketing Manager ECHO International Health Services Limited Ullswater Crescent, Coulsdon, Surrey, CR5 2HR, UK Tel: +44 (0)20 8660 2220 Fax: +44 (0)20 8668 0751 Email: bfunda@echohealth.org.uk www: echohealth.org.uk -- Send mail for the `E-Drug' conference to `e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'. Information and archive [http://satellife.healthnet.org/programs/edrug.html](http://satellife.healthnet.org/programs/edrug.html) Mail administrative requests to `majordomo@usa.healthnet.org'. For additional assistance, send mail to: `owner-e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'.