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. 2012 Jul 4;2012:625459. doi: 10.1155/2012/625459

Table 2.

Size and characteristics of private TB market, adapted from Wells 2011.

Country Incident cases (2008) Coverage by first line private sector drugs* % change in volume 2004–9 % of private market that is loose drugs Number of manufacturers with 0.3% of private first line market share Fluoroquinolone coverage of incident MDR-TB cases# Fluoroquinolone coverage of all incident cases&
India 1,982,628 117% −3 23% 6 41% 6.1%
China 1,301,322 23% 59 98% 9

*% of all incident cases that can be treated by first line drugs in private market (average across 4 first line drugs, assuming daily 6–8 month regimen). Data for this and other columns, unless noted, are for Q4 2008–Q3 2009.

#Assuming daily dosing for 18 month regimen, and no use for drug-sensitive TB.

&Assuming daily dosing for 6 month regimen, and no diagnosis of drug-resistant TB.