Table 2.

Purchase price, freight fee, margin and selling price for inhaled beclometasone and inhaled salbutamol in a comprehensive approach to lung health project and an asthma drug facility pilot project in Benin

	Inhaled Beclometasone (€)	Inhaled Salbutamol (€)
CAL Project
a) Purchase price	3.50	0.95
b) Freight and other fees	0.26	0.26
c) Cost of drug (a + b)	3.76	1.21
d) Margins (about 14%)	0.51	0.16
e) Selling price (c + d)	4.27	1.37
ADF Project
f) Purchase price	1.07	0.83
g) Freight and other fees	0.49	0.49
h) Transit fee	0.22	0.22
i) Cost of drug (f + g + h)	1.78	1.54
j) Margin (about 10%)	0.2	0.13
k) Selling price (i + j)	1.98	1.68

Note: CAL, comprehensive approach to lung health project; CAME, central pharmacy for essential medicines of Benin.