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Table 3 First-line ARV regimen prices comparisons, 2008

From: A lifeline to treatment: the role of Indian generic manufacturers in supplying antiretroviral medicines to developing countries

 

Indian generic median price

(25th, 75th)

Non-Indian generic median price

(25th, 75th)

Innovator actual median price

(25th, 75th)

Innovator survey price**

Cat 1, Cat 2

First-line regimens from 2003 WHO guidelines:

    

3TC/NVP/d4T30

74

(63, 88)

154*

(137, 712)

N/A

331, 570

EFV+3TC/d4T30

131

(126, 193)

229*

(196, 656)

N/A

349, 789

3TC/NVP/ZDV

120

(118, 123)

142

(142, 142)

519*

(496, 991)

444, 663

EFV+3TC/ZDV

183

(177, 260)

326

(254, 348)

491

(475, 801)

434, 854

New first-line regimens from 2009 WHO guidelines:

    

3TC+NVP+TDF

246

(230, 273)

340

(321, 767)

575

(519, 1254)

490, 867

EFV+3TC+TDF

298

(283, 369)

415

(381, 711)

546

(498, 1064)

508, 1086

FTC/TDF+NVP

257

(247, 301)

387

(386, 537)

641

(569, 1116)

538, 986

EFV+FTC/TDF

309

(300, 397)

461

(446, 480)

612

(548, 926)

556, 1205

  1. N/A insufficient sample size to estimate price
  2. *regimen prices calculated by summing up prices of 3 component ARVs
  3. **Médecins Sans Frontières, "Untangling the web of ARV price reductions" [22]