Originator brand medicines surveyed
Sudan, Khartoum State, June 2005







Medicine name Strength Dosage form Originator brand name Originator brand manufacturer International reference price source MSH2004 (US $)
Aciclovir 200 mg  cap/tab  Zovirax  Wellcome  0.0830
Amitriptyline 25 mg  cap/tab      0.0060
Amoxicillin 250 mg  cap/tab      0.0177
Atenolol 50 mg  cap/tab  Tenormin  Astra Zeneca  0.0087
Captopril 25 mg  cap/tab  Capoten  Squibb  0.0227
Carbamazepine 200 mg  cap/tab  Tegretol  Novartis  0.0204
Carbimazole 5 mg  cap/tab  Neo-mercazole  Roche  0.0202
Ceftriaxone 1 g/vial  injection  Rocephin  Roche  2.7104
Chloramphenicol 0.5 %  eye drops      0.0474
Chloroquine 40 mg/ml  injection  Nivaquine  Rhone-Poulenc  0.0134
Chlorphenamine 4 mg  cap/tab      0.0010
Ciprofloxacin 500 mg  cap/tab      0.0252
Co-trimoxazole 40+200 mg/5ml  suspension  Bactrim  Roche  0.0034
Diazepam 5 mg  cap/tab  Valium  Roche  0.0042
Diclofenac 25 mg  cap/tab  Voltaren  Novartis  0.0053
Doxycycline 100 mg  cap/tab      0.0085
Erythromycin 250 mg  cap/tab  Erythrocin  Abbott  0.0249
Fluconazole 150 mg  cap/tab      0.1256
Fluoxetine 20 mg  cap/tab  Prozac  Lilly  0.0246
Furosemide 40 mg  cap/tab  Lasix  Hochest  0.0048
Gentamicin 40 mg/ml  injection      0.0289
Glibenclamide 5 mg  cap/tab  Daonil  Hoechst  0.0043
Hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg  cap/tab      0.0024
Hyoscine butylbromide 10 mg  cap/tab  Buscopan  Boeringer Ingelheim  0.0157
Ibuprofen 200 mg  cap/tab      0.0041
Indomethacin 25 mg  cap/tab  Indocid  MSD  0.0027
Loperamide 2 mg  cap/tab  Imodium  Janssin Cilag  0.0057
Losartan 50 mg  cap/tab      0.9362
Mebendazole 100 mg  cap/tab  Vermox  Janssin Cilag  0.0037
Metformin 500 mg  cap/tab  Glucophage  Merck  0.0162
Methyldopa 250 mg  cap/tab  Aldomet  Merk &Dom Hollani  0.0308
Metronidazole 200 mg/5ml  suspension  Flagyl  Rhone-Poulenc  0.0025
Nifedipine 20 mg  tab Retard  Adalat Retard  Bayer  0.0184
Nystatin 100.000 U/mL  suspension      0.0265
Omeprazole 20 mg  cap/tab  Losec  AstraZeneca  0.0496
Phenytoin 100 mg  cap/tab      0.0057
Promethazine 25 mg  cap/tab  Phenergan  Aventis  0.0032
Ranitidine 150 mg  cap/tab  Zantac  GSK  0.0306
Salbutamol 100 mcg/dose  inhaler  Ventoline  GSK  0.0102
Salbutamol 4 mg  cap/tab      0.0028
Sulfadoxine+Pyrimethamine 500+25 mg  cap/tab  Fansidar  Roche  0.0212

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