Table 2.
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& |
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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.