Table 2 Median Price [the 25th –75th Percentile] of lowest-priced generic diabetes care essential medicines (public health facilities, n = 17; private medicine outlets, n = 26)^a

Glibenclamide 5 mg tablet

0.49 [0.30–0.75]

0.60 [0.30–3.00]

Metformin 500 mg tablet

0.72 [0.58–2.20]

1.39 [0.58–3.80]

Metformin 850 mg tablet

3.50 [1.40–5.33]

Metformin 1000 mg tablet

4.50 [3.50–12.50]

Glimepiride 2 mg tablet

4.25 [4.00–5.33]

6.50 [4.00–12.00]

Glimepiride 3 mg tablet

9.00 [4.00–13.00]

Glimepiride 4 mg tablet

14.0 [9.20–15.00]

Regular Human Insulin

144.50 [125–150]

180 [125–380]

Premixed Insulin 30/70

147.25 [133–150]

150 [133–400]

Isophane Human Insulin

141.70[127.4–184.51]

184.51 [120–400]

Simvastatin 20 mg tablet

3.49 [3.00–4.00]

3.80 [3.00–9.50]

Simvastatin 40 mg tablet

4.80 [4.10–24.50]

Atorvastatin 20 mg tablet

3.40 [2.00–4.50]

3.65 [2.00–23.35]

Atorvastatin 40 mg tablet

4.95 [4.80–5.80]

7.75 [4.00–26.50]

Rosuvastatin 10 mg tablet

10.18 [10.0–12.0]

Rosuvastatin 20 mg tablet

16.95 [15.50–18.50]

Losartan 50 mg tablet

9.80 [8.36–11.80]

Enalapril 5 mg tablet

0.93 [0.60–2.55]

1.00 [0.60–4.30]

Enalapril 10 mg tablet

1.33 [1.00–1.70]

1.50 [1.00–7.50]

Hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg tablet

0.50 [0.35–1.30]

1.20 [0.35–2.5]

Lisinopril 10 mg tablet

10.10 [1.80–13.00]

Lisinopril 20 mg tablet

4.25 [2.10–110]

13.50 [2.10–17.00]

Acetylsalicylic acid 81 mg tablet

0.80 [0.45–3.05]

2.50 [0.45–3.50]

Nifedipine 20 mg tablet

0.78 [0.60–1.70]

1.00 [0.50–9.80]

Amlodipine 5 mg tablet

0.95 [0.50–1.50]

1.20 [0.50–7.80]

Amlodipine 10 mg tablet

1.60 [1.00–2.30]

2.00 [1.00–12.20]

Overall median price

1.60 [0.3–184.51]

4.65 [0.30–400.0]