Originator brand medicines surveyed
Lebanon, February 2004







Medicine name Strength Dosage form Originator brand name Originator brand manufacturer International reference price source MSH2002 (US $)
Aciclovir 200 mg  cap/tab  Zovirax  Glaxo Wellcome operations  0.0854
Amiodarone 200 mg  cap/tab  Cordarone  Sanofi Winthrop  0.0603
Amitriptyline 25 mg  cap/tab  Tryptizol  Manuf in Lebanon by Algorithm  0.0070
Amoxicillin 250 mg  cap/tab  Amoxil  Beecham Pharmaceuticals - A Sm  0.0178
Amoxicillin 500 mg  cap/tab  Amoxil  Beecham Pharmaceuticals - A Sm  0.0337
Atenolol 50 mg  cap/tab  Tenormin  Astra Zeneca  0.0082
Beclometasone 50 mcg/dose  inhaler  Becotide  made for Glaxo Group Ltd by Gl  0.0163
Captopril 25 mg  cap/tab  Capoten  Bristol Myers Squibb  0.0264
Carbamazepine 200 mg  cap/tab  Tegretol  Packed by Mephico SAL- Lebanon  0.0193
Ceftriaxone 1 g/vial  injection  Rocephin  F.Hoffmann-La Roche  3.2468
Cephalexin 500 mg  cap/tab  Keflex  Algorithm SAL - Lic Eli Lilly  0.0914
Ciprofloxacin 500 mg  cap/tab  Ciprobay  Made by Bayer AG  0.0357
Co-trimoxazole 40+200 mg/5ml  suspension  Bactrim  F.Hoffmann-La Roche  0.0042
Diazepam 5 mg  cap/tab  Valium  F.Hoffmann-La Roche  0.0029
Diclofenac 25 mg  cap/tab  Voltarene  Packed by Mephico SAL- Lebanon  0.0043
Fluoxetine 20 mg  cap/tab  Prozac  Eli LILLY and company limited  0.0276
Fluphenazine 25 mg/ml  injection  Anatensol  Bristol Myers Squibb  0.3792
Glibenclamide 5 mg  cap/tab  Daonil  Hoechst  0.0049
Hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg  cap/tab  Dichlotride  Merck Sharp and Dohme  0.0034
Ibuprofen 400 mg  cap/tab  Brufen  Manufactu The Boots Company  0.0075
Indinavir 400 mg  cap/tab  Crixivan  Manuf and Packed by Merck&Co-U  0.3900
Isosorbide dinitrate 10 mg  cap/tab  Isordil  Wyeth Ayerst  0.0074
Losartan 50 mg  cap/tab  Cozaar  Merck Sharp and Dohme  1.0032
Metformin 500 mg  cap/tab  Glucophage  Lipha-SA  0.0171
Metronidazole 250 mg  cap/tab  Flagyl  Aventis Pharma Spécialités-Lab  0.0044
Nevirapine 200 mg  cap/tab  Viramune  Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma KG  0.5167
Nifedipine 20 mg  tab Retard  Adalat retard  Bayer AG  0.0239
Omeprazole 20 mg  cap/tab  Losec  Astra Zeneca  0.1846
Phenytoin 100 mg  cap/tab  Epanutin  Manufactured by Godecke AG- Ge  0.0070
Ranitidine 150 mg  cap/tab  Zantac  made for Glaxo Group Ltd by Gl  0.0716
Salbutamol 100 mcg/dose  inhaler  Ventoline  made for Glaxo Group Ltd by Gl  0.0085
Zidovudine 100 mg  cap/tab  Retrovir  The Wellcome foundation Ltd  0.1242

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