Table 1.
Description of the antimalarial medicines sampled in the 2012 survey
| Labeled as API | No. of samples | % | Dosage (mg) | Form | No. of samples per brand | Stated brand | Stated manufacturer | Mean [price per unit (tab, vial, bottle, bag) 8,064 Lao kips ≈USD 1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chloroquine phosphate | 85 | 52.5 | 250 | Tablets | 4 | Malacin | ANB Laboratories Co., Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand | 662.5 |
| 250 | Tablets | 74 | Maraquine | CBF Pharmaceutical Factory Pakse, Champasak, Lao PDR | 602.2 | |||
| 322.5 | Injection | 7 | Malacin | ANB Laboratories Co., Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand | 3,428.6 | |||
| Chloroquine | 43 | 26.5 | 85 | Syrup | 4 | Chloquine | CBF Pharmaceutical Factory Pakse, Champasak, Lao PDR | 12,000 |
| 100 | Tablets | 3 | Nivaquine (chloroquine sulphate) | Sanofi-Aventis, France | 750 | |||
| Unknown | Tablets | 32 | Unknown | Unknown | 361.2 | |||
| Unknown | Tablets | 4 | Included in yaa chud | Included in yaa chud | Included in yaa chud | |||
| Artesunate | 11 | 6.8 | 50 | Tablets | 6 | Artesunat | Pharbaco Central Pharmaceuticals. Central Pharmaceutical Factory N° 1, Hanoi, Vietnam | 2,291.7 |
| 50 | Tablets | 1 | Artesunat | Mekophar chemical pharmaceutical Joint-stock Company, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 1,250 | |||
| 60 | Injection | 4 | Artesunate | Pharbaco Central Pharmaceuticals. Central Pharmaceutical Factory N° 1, Hanoi, Vietnam | 19,500 | |||
| Quinine dihydrochloride | 6 | 3.7 | 600 | Injection | 6 | Quinine dihydrochloride | ANB Laboratories Co., Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand | 3,291.7 |
| Artemether–lumefantrine | 1 | 0.6 | 20/120 | Tablets | 1 | Coartem | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Co., Suffern, NY | 625 |
| Yaa chud | 9 | 5.5 | Unknown | Tablets/capsules | 9 | Unknown | Unknown | 3,098 |
| Loose monotherapy | 7 | 4.3 | Unknown | Tablets | 7 | Unknown | Unknown | 517.8 |
API = active pharmaceutical ingredient; USD = United States dollar.