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Table 2 Mark-ups of 20 most common sold antibiotics according to generic names

From: Antibiotic sales in rural and urban pharmacies in northern Vietnam: an observational study

Generic name

Origin

ATC code

Unit/Content

Unit price (USD) USD

% Mark-up

Urban

Rural

Amoxicillin

Vietnam

J01CA04

Tablet/500 mg

0.02

78

67

Amoxicillin

India

J01CA04

Tablet/500 mg

0.04

54

54

Amoxicillin

Austria

J01CA04

Tablet/500 mg

0.04

88

NA

Cephalexin

Vietnam

J01DA01

Tablet/500 mg

0.04

67

67

Cephalexin

India

J01DA01

Tablet/500 mg

0.05

58

58

Cephalexin

France

J01DA01

Tablet/500 mg

0.07

25

NA

Ampicillin

Vietnam

J01CA01

Tablet/500 mg

0.02

122

43

Ampicillin

India

J01CA01

Tablet/500 mg

0.03

100

40

Chloramphenicol

Vietnam

J01BA01

Tablet/250 mg

0.03

17

59

Cotrimoxazole

Vietnam

J01EC01

Tablet/480 mg

0.01

33

67

Metronidazole

Vietnam

J01XD01

Tablet/250 mg

0.01

82

150

Lincomycin

Vietnam

J01FF02

Tablet/500 mg

0.03

41

25

Penicillin

Vietnam

J01RA01

Tablet/1 MIU

0.02

60

50

Spiramycin

Vietnam

J01FA02

Tablet/0.75 MIU

0.04

43

29

Spiramycin

France

J01FA02

Tablet/0.75 MIU

0.14

68

21

Ciprofloxacin

Vietnam

J01MA02

Tablet/500 mg

0.02

233

186

Ciprofloxacin

German

J01MA02

Tablet/200 mg

0.65

33

NA

Erythromycin

Vietnam

J01FA01

Pack/250 mg

0.08

103

69

Erythromycin

France

J01FA01

Pack/250 mg

0.23

31

67

Azithromycin

German

J01FA10

Bottle/200 mg/5 ml

5.19

19

NA

Cefuroxime

UK

J01DA06

Tablet/500 mg

1.06

27

NA

Cefixime

Bangladesh

J01DA23

Pack/200 mg

0.20

49

NA

Amoxicillin+

      

Acid clavulanic

UK

J01CR02

Pack/250 mg

0.37

62

NA

Roxythromycin

India

J01FA06

Tablet/150 mg

0.06

81

NA

Klarithromycin

USA

J01FA09

Tablet/250 mg

0.43

31

NA

Tobramycin

Belgium

J01GB01

Vial/0.3%

2.05

18

NA

Cefpodoxim

India

J01DA33

Tablet/100 mg

0.04

19

NA

Clindamycin

India

J01FF01

Tablet/300 mg

0.05

117

NA

  1. NA: Not available.