E-drug: GSK/BI and CIPLA prices for South Africa
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[I thought it might be interesting for E-druggers to have some info
on price differences of ARVs in the real world. Copied from the
Ip-health forum. Thanks. HH]
This is from the CIPLA-Medpro compliant to the RSA Competition
Commission. The CIPLA prices are the *retail* prices that CIPLA is
telling the South Africa Competition Commission it would charge, if
it entered the market. One would expect that after entry, prices for
both companies would fall further, as CIPLA gained economies of
scale, and both companies responded to competition. Jamie
COMPARATIVE PRICES (in RSA Rand)
*Note:
1. Private Sector Retail Prices (excluding VAT) at September 2001
2. Prices of Cipla are based on Rand/US Dollar exchange rate of
R9/US Dollar
Active Ingredient Supplier/ Cipla/
Presentation/ Presentation/
Price Price
LAMIVUDINE/3TC Glaxo
150 mg/tablet
60s 1,200 60s 195.46
10 mg/ml solution
240 ml 352.50 100 ml 37.59
ZIDOVUDINE/AZT Glaxo
100 mg/capsule
100s 485.10 100s 175.42
300 mg/tablet
60s 873.18 60s 314.38
3TC+AZT Glaxo
150 mg 3TC +
300 mg AZT
60s 1,500 60s 496.16
NEVIRAPINE BI
200 mg/tablet
60s 540 60s 314.38