Sources and Prices of Selected Medicines and Diagnostics for People Living with HIV/AIDS
(2003; 92 pages) [French] [Spanish] View the PDF document
Table of Contents
View the documentGlossary
View the document1. Introduction
View the document2. Pricing
View the document3. Access to quality HIV/AIDS medicines and diagnostics
View the document4. Sources & prices of medicines
View the document5. Variation in price between surveys
View the documentAnnex 1A. Registration status of products included in the sources and prices survey
View the documentAnnex 1B. Index of manufacturers
View the documentAnnex 1C. Geographical distribution of par ticipating manufacturers
View the documentAnnex 2. WHO Bulk Procurement Scheme 2003
View the documentAnnex 3A. Summary of main characteristics of methods forCD4/CD8 lymphocyte determination
View the documentAnnex 3B. Summary of main characteristics of viral load technologies
View the documentAnnex 4. Further reading, references, and contacts
View the documentAnnex 5. Feedback and enquiry form
Close this folderAnnex 6. Untangling the web of price reductions: a pricing guide for the purchase of ARVs for developing countries
View the documentGeneral background and objectives
View the documentMethodology
View the documentLimitations of the current system
View the documentThe challenge of paediatric formulations
View the documentResearch and development for HIV/AIDS
View the documentThe Effects of Generic Competition
View the documentGuide to reading and using tables
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Close this folderTable 1: Summary of selected pharmaceutical companies’ best ARV price offers for eligible developing countries
View the documentTable 1a - Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTIs)
View the documentTable 1b - Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NNRTIs)
View the documentTable 1c - Nucleotide Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NtRTIs)
View the documentTable 1d - Protease Inhibitors (PIs)
View the documentTable 1e - Fixed Dose Combinations (FDCs)
View the documentTable 1f - Paediatric Formulations
Open this folder and view contentsTable 2: Company ARV offers and restrictions for developing countries, adult and paediatric formulations
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Table 1b - Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NNRTIs)

All prices are in US$. Prices are given both for a yearly adult dose and by unit.

For details on eligibility and offer restrictions for countries and institutions, please refer to table 2b.

Products on the WHO list of Pilot Procurement, Quality and Sourcing Project: Access to HIV/AIDS drugs and diagnostics of acceptable quality (Sixth edition, 5th May 2003) are in bold and have an asterisk* next to the price. Always check website for most recently updated list. Best prices are in bold & underlined. Incoterms vary according to manufacturers.

Annual cost is calculated according to the daily doses given in the WHO ‘Scaling-up Antiretroviral Therapy in Resource Limited Settings: Guidelines for a Public Health Approach’ (June 2002) and/or the ‘Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV Infected Adults and Adolescents’ from the Panel on Clinical Practices for the Treatment of HIV (2002).

NNRTI
(Abbreviation)

efavirenz
(EFV)

efavirenz
(EFV)

nevirapine
(NVP)

Strength (mg)

200

600

200

Trade name in Europe/US

Stocrin® or Sustiva®
(Merck & Co., Inc.)(**)

Stocrin® or Sustiva®
(Merck & Co., Inc.)(**)

Viramune®
(Boehringer-Ingelheim)

Daily dose

3

1

2

Boehringer-Ingelheim
(Germany)

   

438*
(0.600/unit)

Merck & Co., Inc.
(US)

500
(0.457/unit)(†)

346.75
(0.950/unit)(†)

 

Aurobindo
(India)

438
(0.400/unit)

 

112
(0.153/unit)

Cipla
(India)

462
(0.422/unit)

462
(1.267/unit)

208*
(0.285/unit)

GPO
(Thailand)

   

244
(0.334/unit)

Hetero
(India)

548
(0.500/unit)

 

105
(0.144/unit)

Ranbaxy
(India)

 

578
(1.583/unit)

166*
(0.228/unit)

 

(**) Known as Sustiva® (BMS) in US, Canada, UK, Republic of Ireland, France, Spain, Italy and Germany.

(†) Prices given in this table are for Low Human Development Index (HDI) countries plus medium HDI countries with adult HIV prevalence of 1% or greater.

In table 2b, prices for medium HDI countries with adult HIV prevalence less than 1%, are given.

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Last updated: May 3, 2013