Analysis for price variations in fluoroquinolones eye preparations manufactured by various pharmaceutical companies
Journal Title: IP International Journal of Comprehensive and Advanced Pharmacology - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction Fluoroquinolone eye drops are prescribing by Ophthalmologist in many ocular diseases as conjunctivitis keratitis bacterial corneal ulcers etc in more and more amount There are many brands of fluoroquinolones drugs available in Indian market Costly drugs can lead to economic burden on patients Modifications in pharmaceutical policy are required and prices of the drug should be controlled in effective way for all the drugs Hence this study was done to assess the cost variation of fluoroquinolones ophthalmic solutions available in Indian marketMaterials and Method The maximum and minimum price of each brand of the drug in INR was noted by using CIMS January to April 2018 edition Drug Today April to June 2018 Vol1 The cost ratio and the percentage cost variation for individual drug brands was calculated The cost of each eye drop was calculated At last the cost ratio and percentage cost variation of various brands was comparedResultPercentage variation in cost for fluoroquinolones eye preparations marketed in India was found to be Eye drop Ciprofloxacin 03 of 5ml21039 Eye drop Ciprofloxacin 03 of 10 ml162 Eye drop Gatifloxacin 03 of 5ml156 Eye drop Moxifloxacin 05 of 5ml19695 Eye drop Ofloxacin 03 of 5ml24516Eye drop Ofloxacin03 of 10ml625Eye drop Norfloxacin03 of 5ml12068 Eye drop Sparfloxacin 03831Eye drop Lomefloxacin 031617ConclusionThere is a wide difference in the cost of different brands of fluoroquinolones eye preparations available in India The clinicians prescribing these drugs should be aware of these variations in cost to reduce the cost of drug therapyKeywords Fluoroquinolones Percentage cost variation Keratitis Bacterial corneal ulcer Conjunctivitis
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Akash Chandra, Manish Kumar, Shashank Kumar
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- EP ID EP481718
- DOI 10.18231/2456-9542.2018.0017
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