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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
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5. Variation in price between surveys


Figure 1. Variation in the maximum price quoted for ciprofloxacin and fluconazole between the 1st (2000) 2nd (2001) 3rd (2002) and 4th (2003) surveys

There is a considerable decrease in the price of fluconazole between surveys, as shown in Figure 1 above, whereas ciprofloxacin has only shown a very slight decrease in price.

Table 6. Variation in the price of ciprofloxacin and fluconazole

ciprofloxacin, tab, 250 mg

max

min

med

25th perc

no <25th perc

1st Survey

1.20

0.02

0.13

0.05

3

2nd Survey

0.95

0.02

0.10

0.04

5

3rd Survey

0.64

0.01

0.10

0.03

6

4th Survey

0.79

0.01

0.05

0.02

3

fluconazole, caps, 200 mg

max

min

med

25th perc

no <25th perc

1st Survey

15.24

8.42

14.10

11.26

1

2nd Survey

7.25

0.20

0.36

0.24

2

3rd Survey

1.25

0.20

0.39

0.27

2

4th Survey

0.60

0.04

0.20

0.13

2

 

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