Table 2. Median MPRs for OBs and LPGs in the public and private sectors.

	Public sector				Private sector
Product type	No. ofmedicines	Median MPRsProcurement price	Median MPRsRetail price	% difference patientprices to procurement	No. ofmedicines	Median MPRsRetail price
Lowest price generic
All	28	0.75	0.97	30.4%	37	1.53
Core list	18	1.59	1.84		20	1.46
Supplementary list	10	0.54	0.76		11	1.08
NEML	21	0.55	0.76		26	0.86
Originator brand	15	8.49	10.16	19.6%	15	8.36

OBs: Originator brands; LPGs: Lowest-priced generics; NEML: National Essential Medicine List (2009).